By Margaret Siegrist Dido commands clear literary influence as an early female leader Though its plot and characters are shrouded in legend, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas cuts a clean, relatable narrative that resonates powerfully today. Dido Also known as Elissa, Dido’s...
By Margaret Siegrist It challenges us to confront what makes us avert our eyes and what makes us stare. Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto is a joke gone too far, set to some of the best-known melodies in all of classical music. One of twelve operas written together by...
By Margaret Siegrist “One of America’s finest theatrical achievements,” Carousel follows the ups, downs, round and rounds of life and love. Premiering on Broadway in 1945, Carousel was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s second collaboration. Hammerstein worried, “We’re such...
Central City Opera Partners with National Jewish Health for Summer Festival COVID-19 Safety Protocols DENVER, Colo., May 26, 2021 – Central City Opera has partnered with National Jewish Health to help audience and company members stay safe during Central City Opera’s...
Excerpt from Theatre of Dreams: The Glorious Central City Opera, 75th Anniversary Book The Ballad of Baby Doe, by composer Douglas Moore and librettist John Latouche, was the first opera commissioned by the Central City Opera House Association. It took CCO President...
BY 2019 DIRECTOR ALISON MORITZ IN 1853, JAPAN’S DOORS WERE OPENED TO THE WEST for the first time in over two centuries, and Western audiences were captivated by their first glimpses of Japanese culture. This booming trend of “orientalism” coincided with another major...
