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Jan25
Be Careful Who You Burn Il trovatore Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, with additions by Leone Emanuele Bardare Premiered January 19, 1853, Teatro Apollo, Rome, Italy Verdi’s revenge thriller Il trovatore is a twisted tale of mistaken identity....
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Jan25
A Salute to Love Daughter of the Regiment Music by Gaetano Donizetti Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard Premiered February 11, 1840, Salle de la Bourse, Paris, France Revel in the light-hearted tale of how the most important...
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Jan25
Life is Short, Live it Fully La bohème Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Premiered February 1, 1896, Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy In an attic in the Parisian Latin Quarter, the chateau is petite, but the...
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Jan25
A Downfall of Biblical Proportions Samson and Delilah Music by Camille Saint-Saëns Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire Premiered December 2, 1877, Ducal Theatre, Weimar Opera Colorado closes the season with Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the biblical story of Samson and Delilah....
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Jan25
A Ghostly Legend Comes To Shore The Flying Dutchman Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner Premiered January 2, 1843, Königliches Hoftheater Dresden Wagner’s supernatural drama makes landfall with Opera Colorado this winter. The captain of a legendary ghost ship...
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Jan25
No Bad Deed Goes Unpunished Don Giovanni Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Premiered October 29, 1787, Estates Theatre Be seduced by Mozart’s classic masterpiece, Don Giovanni, a tale about a serial womanizer who cares...
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Feb2
Passion’s Consequence Cavalleria Rusticana A One-Night-Only Anniversary Concert Music by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Premiered May 17, 1890, Teatro Costanzi (Rome, Italy) Opera Colorado celebrates its 40th anniversary by presenting Mascagni’s opera as a...
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Feb2
A Portrait of Obsession Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) Music by Erich Korngold Libretto by Julius Korngold Premiered December 4, 1920, Hamburg State Opera (Hamburg, Germany) Opera Colorado presents a new production of composer Erich Korngold’s rare operatic...
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Feb2
Revenge Is a Fool’s Game Rigoletto Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Premiered March 11, 1851, La Fenice (Venice, Italy) Verdi’s Italian masterpiece opens Opera Colorado’s 40th Anniversary Season, featuring unforgettable music, including the effervescent “La...
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Feb2
Uncover Love’s True Name Turandot Music by Giacomo Puccini & Franco Alfano Libretto by Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni Premiered April 25, 1926, La Scala (Milan, Italy) Opera Colorado closes its 40th Anniversary Season on a high note with...
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