Departure: Laugh Lines Opera Colorado’s Artists in Residence take their final bow in this one-of-a-kind evening that channels the kitschy, chaotic charm of a 1950s vaudeville troupe. This year’s Departure transforms the Studio Loft into a retro comedy club...
Read moreOpera’s Greatest Hits Join us for a one-night-only performance of some of opera’s most-loved music! Hear vocal and orchestral showstoppers from Carmen, Eugene Onegin, La traviata, and more featuring the Opera Colorado Orchestra and Chorus alongside an exciting lineup of visiting artists....
Read moreLa traviata Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Premiered March 6, 1853, La Fenice, Venice, Italy La traviata opens Opera Colorado’s 2025-26 Season, inviting audiences to discover why it remains one of the most beloved operas...
Read moreMadama Butterfly Music by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Premiered February 17, 1904, La Scala, Milan, Italy Madama Butterfly makes its highly anticipated return to Opera Colorado, bringing Puccini’s emotionally charged masterpiece to the stage....
Read moreBe Careful Who You Burn Il trovatore in Concert Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, with additions by Leone Emanuele Bardare Join us for two semi-staged performances of Verdi’s revenge thriller, Il trovatore. When a woman is wrongfully executed, her daughter...
Read moreOpera Colorado is pleased to present Daughter of the Regiment A Salute to Love 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...
Read moreOpera Colorado is pleased to offer La bohème Life is Short, Live it Fully 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,...
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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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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...
Read moreNo 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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