While Park City Opera is neck deep in preparations for the world-premiere of its full-scale production of Gioachino Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” in two weeks, Benjamin Beckman, the company’s artistic director, wants to give the public little lesson in “The History of Opera In Utah.”

That’s the title of the free presentation he will give, starting at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Park City Museum’s Education and Collections Center, 2079 Sidewinder Drive.

“This has been a long time in the making,” said Beckman, a composer, conductor and pianist. “Last summer we did a performance at the Park City Senior Center, and we were looking to expand our outreach programming and the kinds of programming we do to meet people’s interest.”

Beckman, who studied opera at Yale and the Universi

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