Tuesday, February 6, 2024
There is more to the composer than plodding plot lines and marathon nights at the opera house.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:36AMMonday, May 29, 2023
Colorado’s fine-arts calendar is rich in the coming months with an abundance of high-level live performances and gallery exhibitions.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:12AMMonday, January 9, 2023
With its trio of concise and sharply focused exhibitions featuring regional talents, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art stretches its run as the most interesting place to see fresh and i…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:00AMTuesday, August 30, 2022
Opera Colorado got a hand from donors who reached deep into their pockets even when there was no payback in the form of performances.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:03AMTuesday, December 28, 2021
I don’t know about you, but I need a little optimism in my life.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:48AMMonday, November 22, 2021
The upcoming "Nutcracker" performances at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House will be the first time in 16 years the company has refreshed its production so thoroughly with new costumes, sets.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:18AMMonday, October 1, 2018
"Sleeping Beauty" has kid appeal, but the music and movement keep the fairy tale interesting to grownups. The show will have performances Oct. 5-14.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:04PMThursday, May 4, 2017
What does it say about opera fans that they enjoy the ruthless "Lucia di Lammermoor" so much?
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:36PMSunday, January 8, 2017
The memorial, now accepting designs, will be “intended as a place where the community and those affected by loss can remember loved ones, seek comfort, strength, peace and hope.”
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:01AMSunday, January 1, 2017
Big shows, new venues, city-wide festivals ... there’s a lot of culture coming Denver’s way this year. Here are 10 things-in-the-making that warrant serious anticipation.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:18AMThursday, November 3, 2016
“The Girl of the Golden West” is a logical choice for Opera Colorado. It’s a wonder that it took the company 25 years to produce it. The work is, after all, set in the American West du…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:36AMSunday, July 17, 2016
“The Ballad of Baby Doe” is one of the most successful works of art ever launched in Colorado and it’s a privilege to get to see it resurrected by Central City Opera, the company that …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:47AMThursday, June 30, 2016
Every production of “The Ballad of Baby Doe” is a major event at Central City Opera. Composer Douglas Moore’s tale of romance and ruin in Colorado’s early days put the little company…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:28PMTuesday, June 14, 2016
The local opera scene takes some down time in June, but the Metropolitan Opera House in New York is stepping in with encore screenings of its biggest hits from last season at movie theaters …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:02PMWednesday, June 8, 2016
Denver's Empire Lyric Players perform more Gilbert and Sullivan
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:32AMFriday, May 27, 2016
Don't miss this: DCPA's "Sweeney Todd" nears its bloody end
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:24PMAs an opera, "The Shining" knows it's good to be King
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:24PMWhenever a company in the West does this opera set in the West, it’s a good bet it will bring something new and interesting to the picture.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:24PMWednesday, May 11, 2016
The DCPA's new production of "Sweeney Todd" is easily the theater event of the year in Denver.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:33AMFriday, May 6, 2016
Opera Colorado has been promoting its premiere of Lori Laitman's "The Scarlet Letter" for so long, you might miss the actual event, which takes place over four nights starting Saturday.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:20AMFriday, April 29, 2016
The Denver Public Schools' annual Shakespeare Festival kicks it up a notch this year with an "After-Fest" bringing together a long list of regional performers in the name of The Bard.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:13PMFriday, December 11, 2015
ballet: A "Nutcracker" with roots in Russiatonight-saturday. The Moscow Ballet company consists of dancers with Russian training, best-known for its annual tour of the "Great Russian
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:18AMfamily opera: Central City teams with Trinitytonight-sunday. Two of the region's most-respected cultural institutions — the Central City Opera and Trinity United Methodist Church &mda…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:18AMFriday, November 27, 2015
Singer Hilary Kole has become a regular guest with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra tapping her versatility as a vocalist to keep the visits fresh.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:44AMThere are so many options for holiday dance concerts this season, with every group in town getting into the lucrative game of presenting pleasant fare at year's end. But it's all meant to st…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:44AMThere's something about opera singer Andrea Bocelli that we can't resist, even after all these years.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:44AMFriday, November 20, 2015
Composer Alban Berg's "Lulu" is the kind of opera that rarely gets performed by regional companies.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:28AMThursday, October 15, 2015
The Metropolitan Opera's live, high-definition broadcasts to movie theaters have changed opera in America.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:05PMFriday, September 4, 2015
The Chinese folk tale "Nasirdin Afandi" has been around for centuries, taking different forms across international borders over time.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:19AMFriday, August 28, 2015
Wonderbound contemporary dance company has always been good about sharing the spotlight with other creative types, working with local musicians to create events that are somewhere between d…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:27AMFriday, August 21, 2015
The Colorado Ballet takes it show up the road this weekend with an "An Evening Under the Stars" at the Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheater.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:29AM 
