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Planning Your Visit


Before you attend an Opera Colorado production, here are a few helpful hints to make your experience a great one!

Accessibility
Attire
Location
Directions
Parking and Transportation
Restaurants
Hotels
Picking Up Tickets at Will-Call
Pre-Performance Lecture
Post-Performance Discussion
More Resources

Accessibility

The Ellie Caulkins Opera House is in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). For information on accessible seating and requirements, visit our Accessibility page.

Attire

While there is no dress code, many of our patrons enjoy dressing up for the opera. Opening nights are generally "black-tie" - it's not unusual to see tuxedos and elegant dresses. For an evening performance, we typically recommend business or cocktail attire. Sunday matinees are slightly more casual, with men in sport coats and women in nice dresses or pantsuits.

Location

The Ellie Caulkins Opera House is located at the east end of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, on 14th Street and Curtis, Denver, 80204.

Directions

Driving Directions to the Denver Performing Arts Complex from I-25: Take I-25 toward downtown Denver. Take the Speer Boulevard South exit. Follow Speer Boulevard to Arapahoe Street (past Elitch's and the Pepsi Center). Turn left on Arapahoe Street. The Denver Performing Arts Complex is located on your right, between 13th and 14th Streets off Arapahoe Street.

Parking and Transportation

Please allow plenty of time for parking. Shows begin promptly. Check your tickets for show times. If you arrive late, you will be locked out of the show until intermission! Check out parking and transportation information online! 

The Denver Performing Arts Complex Garage : ARRIVE EARLY!
The garage is often full one hour prior to the performance. Please note: an early arrival will afford you plenty of time for parking and finding your seats. All evening shows start promptly at 7:30 pm. All matinees begin at 2:00 pm.

As of July 2009, rates at the complex parking garage have increased. After completing an area parking study, Central Parking and Denver Public Works - the managers and owners of the parking garage - determined that a slight raise in parking fees would be necessary in order to maintain the level of quality and service in a changing industry. Please be aware of the new pricing structure when parking at the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

Daily rates for the Denver Performing Arts Complex Garage
Early Morning Special (in by 9 AM, out by 6 PM) - $6
Up to 1 hour - $4
1 - 2 hours - $6
All day maximum - $9
Overnight - $19

Evening/event rates:
Evening rates will now range from $8 - $12 depending on the number of events taking place at the performing arts complex at one time.

The Colorado Convention Center Parking Garage
The garage offers 1,000 additional parking spaces conveniently adjacent to the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The garage is linked to the Denver Performing Arts Complex via an uncovered bridge. Enter the garage off of Speer at Champa Street. Parking is the same price as at the DPAC garage, but is often much less crowded.

RTD Light Rail
RTD Denver's Light Rail system is an easy and convenient system of transportation to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Visit RTD Denver's website for schedules, maps and other information.

Restaurants

We encourage you to enjoy drinks or dinner before the show at one of the area establishments. Click on the following restaurants for menus and availability. To find more restaurants, visit the Denver Dining Guide. Reservations are strongly recommended for downtown restaurants; for easy reservations, use opentable.com.

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Kevin Taylor’s Restaurant Group is the Preferred Restaurant Partner of Opera Colorado

Kevin Taylor Restaurants
-Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House, 303.640.1012
-Restaurant Kevin Taylor, 303.820.2600
-Prima at Hotel Teatro*, 303.228.0770
-Limelight Supper Club and Lounge, 720.227.9984

Other Restaurants
Bistro Vendome, 1420 Larimer Street, 303.825.3232
The Corner Office Restaurant and Martini Bar*, 1401 Curtis Street, 303.825.6500
Euclid Hall,* 1317 14th Street, 303.595.4255
Oceanaire Seafood Room, 1405 Arapahoe, 303.991.2277
Rialto Café,* 934 16th Street, 303.893.2233
Rioja,* 1431 Larimer Street, 303.820.2282
Tamayo, 1400 Larimer Street, 720.946.1433

*open for brunch or lunch on Sundays

Hotels

Thank you to the many downtown hotels who make it possible for Opera Colorado to house our performers and crew. Their support is priceless to Opera Colorado and they would appreciate your support.

The Westin Denver Downtown offers weekend packages for opera, theater and ballet productions at the Denver Performing Art Complex. For additional information, visit their website and click on special offers.

The Oxford Hotel features 80 uniquely appointed rooms in the heart of Denver’s LoDo District. A complimentary Town Car service will whisk you away to the Opera House for a magical evening.

The boutique-style Courtyard by Marriott Denver Downtown is set in a beautifully restored and renovated historic building on the 16th Street Mall featuring an Award-Winning Restaurant and On-site Starbucks.

Hotel Teatro, located just steps from the DCPA is Denver's premier luxury boutique hotel, offering exquisite lodging accommodations for the opera enthusiast. On property you will discover Award-winning Chef Kevin Taylor‘s fine dining restaurants: PRIMA Ristorante and his signature Kevin Taylor Restaurant.

Funky, cool and playful, The Curtis - a Doubletree by Hilton features 336 “pop culture” themed guestrooms, 22,000 square feet of meeting space and the Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar.

Picking Up Tickets at Will-Call

Tickets that have been placed in Will-Call can be picked up at the Ellie Caulkins Box Office, which is open one and a half hours prior to curtain. The Ellie Caulkins Opera House Box Office is located just right of the entrance to Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House, at the top of the stairs, next to the Temple Buell Theatre.

Pre-Performance Lecture

Lobby doors open approximately an hour before curtain. There will be a thirty-minute lecture prior to each performance. Lectures are held one hour before curtain time in the orchestra section and are free to all ticket holders. We welcome you to join us to learn a little more about the opera and ask questions.

Post-Performance Discussion

After the performance, please join General Director Greg Carpenter and Director of Artistic Planning Brad Trexell for an informal question and answer session. Please join us in the first few rows of the orchestra section in front of the stage.

More Resources

For more resources on dining, transportation, parking and more, visit the Denver Performing Arts Complex's website at http://www.artscomplex.com.

Want to take a tour of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, home to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House? For more information and details, click here.