By: Suzanne Whitney In 2018, Opera Colorado presented the world premiere of Steal a Pencil for Me. It was created by composer Gerald Cohen and librettist Deborah Brevoort. The opera tells the true story of Jaap and Ina Polak, two Dutch Jews...
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“Vesti la giubba” or “Put on the costume” is one of the best known tenor arias in the western canon. At the end of act one in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Canio (John Pickle) has discovered his wife’s infidelity, but must...
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Nedda (Cecilia Violetta López) is a member of a traveling commedia dell’arte troupe and unhappily married to one of her fellow players, Canio (John Pickle). But, she has fallen in love. Her secret affair with Silvio (Will Liverman) has...
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Cherubino (Adriana Zabala) is a young page boy who falls desperately in love with every woman he meets. However, the Countess (Ellie Dehn) fills him with the most passion and angst. In this scene, Cherubino finds himself in the...
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Rusalka is a water nymph who has just fallen in love with a human prince and, no matter the sacrifice, she wants to become human in order to be with him. She sings “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (The Song...
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Figaro is fed up with Cherubino’s antics! After catching the young rogue (Adriana Zabala) in one too many compromising situations, Figaro makes up his mind to send the troublemaker off to war. In “Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso” (No...
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Just as Papageno (baritone Daniel Belcher) thinks he has lost his beloved Papagena (soprano Camille Jasensky), she appears after hearing his magic bells. They fantasize about their life together and dream of their future children. This lovely duet is...
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In this clip from Opera Colorado’s 2017 production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, soprano Anna Christy (Lucia) and baritone Tim Mix (Enrico) marinate in all of the delicious drama before Lucia’s descent into madness in Act III. Lucia has...
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The first moments of a budding romance, sung by Anya Matanovic (Mimi) and Dominick Chenes (Rodolfo), stand out as one of the most romantic moments in all of opera. After Rodolfo’s “Che gelida manina” (What a frozen little hand)...
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In this excerpt of the famous “Toreador Song” (“Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre” – Your toast, I can return it to you), baritone Ryan Kuster (Escamillio) struts around the stage, singing about the perks of his glamorous...
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