Article: Opera singer to test voice at recital

Local audiences know Celena Shafer as an opera singer, mainly through her performances with Utah Opera.

She's appeared in many of its productions over the years, most recently as Norina in Gaetano Donizetti's "Don Pasquale."

And throughout her career, Shafer has also recorded a number of operas, including Laurent Petitgirard's "Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man," with the University of Utah's Robert Breault, and Richard Strauss' "Die Aegyptische Helena," with Deborah Voigt.

This week, however, as part of the Utah Symphony's Deer Valley Music Festival, concertgoers will get to see a different side of Shafer.

She'll be doing her first local recital in four years, accompanied by pianist Kathleen ...

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