Pelham “Pat” Pearce to serve as Artistic Director and Senior Vice President as search begins for CEO DENVER, Colo., October 8, 2021 – As part of the organization’s new five-year strategic plan, Central City Opera announces a change to its senior leadership. Pelham...
The Light in the Piazza, Die Fledermaus and Two Remain Round Out Central City Opera’s 2022 Summer Festival DENVER, Colo., October 4, 2021 – In 1932, two Colorado women revived the dilapidated Central City Opera House by bringing a summer festival to the tiny...
When the Opera House opened in 1878, the hardy audience of miners sat in folded wrought iron chairs as they enjoyed the fruits of their labor. Later, owner Peter McFarlane replaced them with sturdy hickory chairs that were used until the house closed in 1927. When...
Audience Development Manager Teila Theisen is dedicated to making high-quality art accessible to everyone. And she is unstoppable! Long story short, she’s worked a decade in nonprofit management, earned a degree in Fine Arts (voice AND dance); plus, she’s...
With over 150 years of history, the Johnson House at 201 Eureka has stood as a testament to love, loss and the resilience of the town it inhabits. Its connection to Central City Opera is more binding than sharing the same street; the people who lived in and restored...
As we’re all well aware, 2021 at Central City Opera has been special for many reasons. Today we highlight an incredibly important item on that list! This summer, we celebrated the 20th and final season of our truly singular Director of Production, Karen...
By Kelly Dean Hansen, Ph.D., Freelance Classical Music Writer, Photos by Amanda Tipton The weather was perfect on Saturday evening, July 10, as Central City Opera premiered the second of its mainstage productions in the open-air setting of Hudson Gardens in...
By Kelly Dean Hansen, Ph.D., Freelance Classical Music Writer, photos by Amanda Tipton While the world emerges from a global pandemic, the performing arts are, as had been predicted, among the very last and most gradual aspects of life to return to the “normal”...
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...
