What is "uthal"

For the opera by Méhul see Uthal (opera)

Uthal is a city of Lasbela District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Uthal is headquarters of Uthal Tehsil an administrative subdivision of the district.

Uthal is an opéra comique in one act by the French composer Étienne Méhul. The libretto, by Jacques-Benjamin-Maximilien Bins de Saint-Victor is based on the Ossian poems of James Macpherson. It was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris on 17 May 1806. Méhul tried to give the work a dark, "Scottish" atmosphere by eliminating the violins from the orchestra and replacing them with violas.