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....
Read moreA 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...
Read moreLife 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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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...
Read morePassion’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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