The Central City Opera in Colorado is set to present Lunch and Learn. The series goes behind the scenes in a 30-minute zoom with a 15 minute Q&A on the company’s upcoming projects. On March 30, the Central City Opera will present “Rigoletto: A Music Historian’s Perspective” with Betsy Schwarm, the pre-performance Speaker with Opera Colorado and the Colorado Symphony. {…}
The Central City Opera has announced its 2021 season. The Colorado company said that after postponing the 2020 Festival to 2021 due to COVID-19, it will partner with Hudson Gardens & Event Center to present the 2021 Festival productions. In a statement, Pelham “Pat” Pearce, Central City Opera’s General/Artistic Director said, “We had hoped that by now it would be {…}
Lone Tree Arts Center and Central City Opera are set to present a concert of opera and classical art song favorites entitled “Arts in the Afternoon: Opera Favorites with Central City Opera.” The concert will star CCO Touring Artists soprano Christie Conover, bass-baritone Eric J. McConnell, and pianist Jeremy Reger and will be live-streamed on Feb. 24, 2021, at 1:30 {…}
The Central City Opera has named five prestigious community leaders in 2021 to officer positions on the Board of Directors. The new board members will include Gregg Kvistad, Provost Emeritus and Professor at the University of Denver, and Anne McGonagle, a prolific Colorado philanthropist involved with numerous organizations, who will take on the roles of co-chairs of the 30-person board. {…}
Central City Opera has announced that its “L’Esprit de Noël Home Tour” will go virtual for the first time in its 44-year history. The event will feature a free video walkthrough of the Fisher Mansion with performances of many of Central City Opera’s artists. The video will be available to the general public starting on Nov. 20, 2020 and will {…}
The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program is set to take place during the Central City Opera’s annual festival. For the upcoming edition, the 10-week program has selected 28 total participants, who will be cast in festival productions and obtain valuable training in performance and career management. Trainees will earn a salary with benefits and will be split into two tiers {…}
The Central City Opera’s 2020 Summer Festival has been announced and it will feature three major works. The season will open with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel.” Director Ken Cazan will bring the musical to life with Matthew Worth as Billy Bigelow and Anna Christy as Julie Jordan. Performance Dates: July 4-August 2, 2020 “Rigoletto” will follow with director Jose Maria Condemi taking {…}
Central City Opera has announced that it is teaming up with the Denver Philharmonic and Performing Arts Academy to present Mozart’s “Requiem” on Nov. 15 and 16 at the Central Presbyterian Church Antonia Brico Stage in Denver, Colorado. The performance will feature soprano Anna Christy, mezzo Abigail Nims, tenor Matthew Plenk, and bass-baritone Eric J. McConnell. Lawrence Golan, the music {…}
Central City Opera will conclude its festival season with “Encore: A Musical Revue.” The event, conceived by and starring Curt Olds, is described in the press release as an “exhilarating and eclectic mix of old and new music theater pieces by Broadway and Off-Broadway composers.” Olds will be joined by members of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program. John Baril will conduct. {…}
Central City Opera is set to present “The Blessed Damozel” by Debussy and “Litanies to the Black Virgin” by Poulenc as part of a new Double Bill. The two rarely performed works, which OperaWire named as one of the top operas to see this summer, will be directed by Alessandro Talevi, who directed “The Magic Flute” for the company in 2018. {…}
There are four operas that rarely get performances in North America, making them all the more essential viewing for the weekend. Here are our top five operas to see this weekend (in alphabetical order by company). Billy Budd – Central City Opera Britten’s masterwork kicks off on Saturday with a production conducted by John Baril and directed by Ken Cazan. {…}