2020 was a challenging year for Central City Opera and the performing arts world at large but we made the best of it. Our Annual Report highlights CCO’s signficant accomplishments, new initiatives and financial outlook. Thank you to our loyal supporters,...
At 217 Eureka Street in Central City, there is a residence that has great historical significance in the state of Colorado, with roots dating back to the Western pioneers of the past. The occupation of the home parallels in a number of ways the transformation that the...
Central City Opera hosts a virtual Poetry Out Loud student competition this winter in collaboration with Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program that...
Gregg Kvistad, Anne McGonagle, Roopesh Aggarwal, Mike Huseby and Heather Miller to lead 89-year-old organization Dr. Gregg Kvistad Co-Chair Anne McGonagle Co-Chair Roopesh AggarwalPresident DENVER, Colo., January 12, 2021 – During a time of uncertainty in the...
As one year closes, and another begins, we bid farewell to two longtime members of the Central City Opera Orchestra who step down after decades of dedicated music-making with our company. Andy Holmes (bass) and Ingrid Peoria (violin) take us behind the scenes in the...
Phebe Berkowitz-Tanners credits Central City Opera (CCO) with launching her life’s purpose. She says it best, “Everything I’ve learned and loved in my life came from my time in Central City.” Phebe first came to Central City as a 7-year-old in 1953. Her father was a...
Free video walkthrough of Fisher Mansion available now through December 25, 2020 After 43 years as a signature holiday event in Denver, the L’Esprit de Noël Home Tour goes virtual for the first time ever in 2020. The Central City Opera Guild’s only fundraiser of the...
We’re excited to introduce our newest staff member, as of fall 2020, Development Administrative Coordinator Elisabeth Boyce. Fresh off her master’s in Arts Administration, Elisabeth is an active volunteer in the Denver community enthusiastic about most any artistic...
Hi everyone, Emily Murdock here. I’m the Director of Education at Central City Opera, and let me tell you what you already know – 2020 has been unreal. We, along with everyone else in the world, had to do a hard pivot in mid-March when the state of Colorado went into...
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...
