Lunch & A Song

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Lunch & A Song

Performances preceded by a catered buffet lunch to whet your opera appetite at the historic Teller House.

Teller House
120 Eureka Street
Central City, CO 80427
(next door to the Opera House)

Performing Artists

Performed by members of our Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program. Certain dates will feature chamber music from members of the Central City Opera Orchestra.

AllApprentice ArtistsStudio ArtistsPianists
Effie; Chorus Mezzo

Cindy Dajeong Song

Emily; Soloist (Concert)

Madelin Morales

Soloist (Concert)

Tess Levine

Sam; Chorus Tenor

Ryan Nash

Antonio (TA Matinee); Chorus Bass

Brian Wacker

Sophie de Palma; Chorus Soprano

Sabina Balsamo

Elizabeth; McCourt Child; Chorus Soprano

Amanda Densmoor

Anthony “Tony” Candolino (Master Class); Papa McCourt (Baby Doe); Soloist (Concert)

Levi Adkins

Chorus Director / Assistant Conductor / Conductor (TA Matinee)

Tyler Tucker

Pianist Fellow; Supertitles

Barbie Noyes

Pianist / Continuo / Coach

Artyom Pak

Pianist / Coach

Alaina de Bellevue

Pianist Fellow; Supertitles

Lily Witemeyer

Head of Music

Jeremy Reger

Effie; Chorus Mezzo

Cindy Dajeong Song

Previously at CCO: Lady H, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Kate, The Pirates of Penzance (2024); Mrs. Jones (cover), Street Scene (2024) 

Recently: Bradamante, Alcina, University of Indiana Jacobs School of Music; Ramiro, La finta giardinieraUniversity of Indiana Jacobs School of Music 

 
Emily; Soloist (Concert)

Madelin Morales

Previously at CCO: Princess No.12 & Ensemble, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Chorus, The Knock (2025) 

 Recently: La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, Fisher Center at Bard College; Mezzo-soprano Young Artist, SongStudio 2026, Carnegie Hall 

Soloist (Concert)

Tess Levine

Recently: Tytania (cover), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera Theatre of St. Louis; Nellie, Summer and Smoke, Boston Conservatory at Berklee; Tytania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Boston Conservatory 

 

Sam; Chorus Tenor

Ryan Nash

Previously at CCO: Prince Dauntless (cover), 1st Knight, Once Upon a Mattress (2025); Ensemble, The Barber of Seville (2025) 

Recently: David Gassaway, Everlasting Fain(World Premiere) Madison Opera; Parpignol, La bohème, Madison Opera 

 

 
Antonio (TA Matinee); Chorus Bass

Brian Wacker

Recently: Colline, La bohèmeJaniec Opera Company, Brevard Music Center; Doctor Grenvil, La traviataJaniec Opera Company; PanglossCandide, Oberlin Opera Theater

Sophie de Palma; Chorus Soprano

Sabina Balsamo

Recently: Soprano Soloist, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Dayton Bach Society; Mamselle, Sleepers Awake (Workshop), Cincinnati Opera & University of Cincinnati College  Conservatory of MusicMargery Mansfield, Welcome to the MadnessOpera Steamboat 

Elizabeth; McCourt Child; Chorus Soprano

Amanda Densmoor

Recently: Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, Shakespeare Opera Theatre, VA; Girl/1st Trio Member, Trouble in Tahiti, Annapolis Opera; Servilia, La clemenza di Tito, Opera Steamboat 

Anthony “Tony” Candolino (Master Class); Papa McCourt (Baby Doe); Soloist (Concert)

Levi Adkins

Recently: Blind, Die Fledermaus, Florida Grand Opera; Pong, Turandot, Florida Grand Opera; Uncle Percy (cover), This House (World Premiere), Opera Theater of St. Louis 

 

Chorus Director / Assistant Conductor / Conductor (TA Matinee)

Tyler Tucker

Previously at CCO: Conductor and Pianist Fellow (2025) 

Recently: Music Director & Conductor, All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by Rothstein, Tri-Cities Opera, NY; Assistant Conductor, Rigoletto, Tri-Cities Opera; Assistant Professor (Vocal Coach), School of Music, The University of Oklahoma; Lecturer in Vocal Coaching and Teaching, Binghampton University; Resident Artist Pianist, Opera Colorado 

 
Pianist Fellow; Supertitles

Barbie Noyes

Recently: PianistCoach, Le nozze di Figaro, Music on Site, Inc.; Pianist, The Phenomenal Cage (World Premiere), Boulder Opera; Proving Up, Eklund Opera Program, University of Colorado Boulder 

Pianist / Continuo / Coach

Artyom Pak

Previously at CCO: Pianist, Continuo, The Barber of Seville (2025)

Recently:  Music Director, Apprentice Artists Program, Sarasota Opera; Chorus Director, La bohéme, Sarasota Opera; The Merry Widow, Sarasota Opera; Il trovatore, Sarasota Opera; Susannah, Sarasota Opera; Assistant Conductor, Così fan tutte, Sarasota Opera; Pianist, L’enfant et les sortilèges, The Julliard School; Dialogues des Carmélites, The Juilliard School 

Pianist / Coach

Alaina de Bellevue

Previously at CCO: Pianist, The Knock (2025) 

Recently: Pianist, Colorado Ballet; The Medium/Gianni Schicchi, Anchorage Opera; Chorus Director, Dead Man Walking, University of Colorado Eklund Opera 

Pianist Fellow; Supertitles

Lily Witemeyer

Recently: Coach & Rehearsal Pianist, The Cunning Little Vixen, University of Tennessee Opera Theatre; Children’s Chorus DirectorCarmen, Knoxville Opera; Rehearsal & Orchestra Pianist, Cendrillon, Janiec Opera Company, Brevard Music Center 

Head of Music

Jeremy Reger

Previously at CCO: Festival Head of Music (2025); Assistant Conductor, The Knock (2025), Street Scene (2024), Kiss Me, Kate (2023), The Light in the Piazza (2022)  

Recently: Co-chair, Voice + Opera, & Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching, University of Colorado Boulder School of Music; Music Staff, Virginia Opera; Opera Steamboat; Eugene Opera; Hawaii Opera Theater; Mill City Opera; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Minnesota Opera 

 

Location

The Teller House
120 Eureka Street
Central City, CO 80427

Run Time

60 minutes