CAROUSEL
July 4 - August 2, 2020
Tickets range from $31 - $108
*Central City Opera uses dynamic pricing; ticket prices will increase as shows become more popular. Get your tickets early for the best prices.
Single Tickets go on sale Spring 2020.
To purchase a subscription or get more information, contact our Box Office at 303-292-6700.
July 4
Saturday, July 4, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 8
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 10
Friday, July 10, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 12
Sunday, July 12, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 14
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 16
Thursday, July 16, 2020
8:00 p.m.
July 18
Saturday, July 18, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 22
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 24
Friday, July 24, 2020
8:00 p.m.
July 26
Sunday, July 26, 2020
2:30 p.m.
July 30
Thursday, July 30, 2020
2:30 p.m.
August 1
Saturday, August 1, 2020
8:00 p.m.
August 2
Sunday, August 2, 2020
2:30 p.m.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
Step right up! Love is a wild ride
“One of America’s finest theatrical achievements,” Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel follows the ups, downs, round and rounds of life and love. Muddling through small town expectations, meager means and conflicting dreams, Julie, Billy and their daughter Louise learn “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
Carousel Extras:
- Free Pre-performance Talks: 45 minutes prior to every 2020 main stage opera, with the exception of July 28. Seating is limited — arrive early.
- Opening Performance Celebration: Saturday, July 4th
- Boomer Bus: Wednesday, July 22 (Learn more)
- Opera Bus: Wednesday, July 8 and Sunday, July 12 (Learn more)
- Balcony & Beverages: Friday, July 24 (contact the Box Office for more information)
Contact the Box Office for more information about festival extras at 303-292-6700.
Performing Artists & Creative Team
Anna Christy
Soprano: Julie Jordan, Carousel
Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Baby Doe, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 2016; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, 2014; Emily Webb, Our Town, 2013
Recently: Soloist, The East Land Symphony, Carnegie Hall (U.S. Premiere); Feu/Princesse/Rossignol, L’enfant et les sortilèges, San Francisco Symphony; Tytania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera Philadelphia.
Matthew Worth
Baritone: Billy Bigelow, Carousel
Central City Opera: Curly, Oklahoma!, 2012; Jupiter, Orpheus in the Underworld, 2010
Recently: Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk, Opera Parallèle; Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Boston Lyric Opera; Hannah Before, As One, Cincinnati Opera
Jennifer DeDominici
Mezzo-Soprano: Carrie Pipperidge, Carousel
Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Soloist, Encore: A Musical Revue, 2019 and 2018; Soloist, Opera Teaser, 2019; Central City Opera Touring Artist/Teaching Artist
Recently: Soloist, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Denver Philharmonic Orchestra; Francesca, The Bridges of Madison County, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College; Guenevere, Camelot, Intermountain Opera Boseman
William Ferguson
Tenor: Enoch Snow, Carousel
Central City Opera: George Gibbs, Our Town, 2013
Recently: Harry King, Anthropocene, Salzburger Landestheater; Titorelli/Flogger/Student, Der Prozess, Salzburger Landestheater; Snout, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Maria Zifchak
Mezzo-Soprano: Nettie Fowler, Carousel
Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Mrs. DeRocher, Dead Man Walking, 2014; Mother Superior, Sound of Music, 2014; Mrs Grose, Turn of the Screw, 2012; Bianca, The Rape of Lucretia, 2008; Mrs. McLean, Susannah, 2008; Madame de la Heltiere, Cendrillon, 2007
Recently: Anna Kennedy, Anna Stuarda, The Metropolitan Opera; Annina, La traviata, The Metropolitan Opera; Mrs. DeRocher, Dead Man Walking, Israeli Opera; Suzuki, Madama Butterfly, The Metropolitan Opera
John Paul Huckle
Bass: Jigger Craigin, Carousel
Central City Opera: Past member of the Bonfils-Stanton Artists Training Program
Recently: Samuel, Un ballo in maschera, Opera di Genova; Quinault, Adriana Lecouvreur, Opera di Genova; König Marke, Tristan und Isolde, Claude Heater Foundation at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music
Ken Cazan
Director: Carousel
Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Billy Budd, 2019; Acis and Galatea and The Face on the Barroom Floor, 2018; The Burning Fiery Furnace, 2017
Recently: Professor of Opera/Resident Stage Director, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music; Director/Co-librettist, Frau Schindler (World Premiere), Gärtnerplatz Theatre, Munich; Director, As One (World Premiere), American Opera Projects and Brooklyn Academy of Music
Christopher Zemliauskas
Conductor: Carousel
Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Conductor, Acis and Galatea, 2018; Conductor, The Burning Fiery Furnace, Cabildo and Gallantry, 2017; Conductor and Chorus Master, Don Quixote and the Duchess and The Prodigal Son, 2015
Recently: Music Director, Dido and Aeneas, Sister Act, The Medium, The Old Maid and the Thief, Ragtime, Ithaca College; Music Director, Kinky Boots (Regional Premiere), Hangar Theatre; CompanyAssistant Professor of Opera and Musical Theatre, Ithaca College, 2020-2016
Season
2020
Music
Richard Rodgers
Book & Lyrics
Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on Ferenc Molnar’s play “Liliom,” as adapted by Benjamin F. Glazer
Original Chorography by Agnes de Mille
Sung In
English
Run Time
TBD
CAROUSEL is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com.