Amanda Tipton Photography Fledermaus provides jubilant escapism in Central City By Kelly Dean Hansen, Ph.D., Freelance Classical Music Writer It has been three years since a full audience gathered in the intimate Central City jewel box theater to watch a full-length...
In consultation with our medical partners and in order to protect the health and safety of patrons, artists and staff, all Festival performances scheduled for Tuesday, July 19 through Sunday, July 24 have been cancelled. Due to recently reported COVID-19 cases in the...
By Emily Murdock “How thrilling it was to watch Central City Opera and to see and hear the engagement and exicitement in our kids and staff. I can’t imagine a better way to bring live music back into our school and communities!”- Angela Howard, music...
by Bob Bows, Colorado Drama [Original article here] It’s easy to see why this operetta, now running at Central City Opera, with its classic farcical elements and the catchy melodies of Johann Strauss II (“The Waltz King”), continues to delight us 148...
Michelle Monroe in Dido and Aeneas, 2021 Performing at 8,500 feet above sea level is no small task, as the 30 handpicked trainees find out when they arrive for the intense 10-week experience. What does it take for thousands of singers to prepare for opera company...
Constructing a grand hotel was part of a thoughtful strategy to show investors that Central Ctiy was a legitimate and permanent mining town worth investing in. Once billed as “the finest hotel west of the Mississippi,” the Teller House in Central City has stood...
by Alex Miller, Onstage Colorado [Original article here] A fun, thoroughly batty operetta in Central City The storied opera house serves up a beautiful production of Strauss’s ‘Die Fledermaus’ Somehow over the past 30 years seeing and writing about theatre in...
by David Marlowe, Marlowe’s Musings [Original article here] This is a decadently scrumptious confection that’s so exhilarating, you can’t afford to miss it. Run to get tickets! Strike whatever’s on your calendar! Central City Opera’s production of “Die...
by Bob Bows, Colorado Drama [Original article here] Just as Giacomo Puccini fell in love with the gold rush days of the mid-nineteenth century American “Wild West” (La fanciulla del West), Americans love to romanticize post-World War II Italy, as we see in...
by David Marlowe, Marlowe’s Musings [Original article here] Based upon the 1960 novella by Elizabeth Spencer and the 1960 film that starred Olivia de Havilland, “The Light in the Piazza, the Musical,” has music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and book by Craig...
