By the Ellie Caulkins Basic & Inventive Director Greg Carpenter
The vacation season is the proper time to decelerate a bit and look again on all we achieved over the previous calendar 12 months. Let’s mirror on all Opera Colorado has executed in 2023 collectively.
Our 40th Anniversary Season
Supply: Matt Staver/Opera Colorado
January was full of pleasure as we put the ending touches on our new manufacturing of Erich Korngold’s hardly ever carried out masterpiece, Die tote Stadt. Presenting this unimaginable work was no small enterprise for a regional opera firm of our dimension. It proved to be an immense success, with lots of our patrons returning to see a number of performances. This was a real milestone within the creative achievements of Opera Colorado. It additionally allowed us to showcase the unimaginable Opera Colorado Orchestra.
Wish to be taught extra concerning the creation of this opera? Come behind the scenes with us on this brief documentary “The Making of Die tote Stadt” >>
Soar forward to late April once we have been engaged on two essential initiatives. Puccini’s Turandot is a larger-than-life opera with a military of artists, manufacturing personnel, and behind-the-scenes exercise, capping off our fortieth Anniversary Season in grand fashion. The unimaginable singing from our solo artists and refrain coupled with the beautiful units and costumes led to 4 sold-out performances.
Concurrently, we introduced our spectacular fortieth Anniversary Gala that includes the incomparable expertise of the nice American mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato and pianist Craig Terry. The night was full of memorable moments! It was probably the most financially profitable gala because the opening of the Ellie Caulkins Opera Home in 2005.
A Brilliant Begin to the 2023-24 Season
Supply: Matt Staver/Opera Colorado
We opened our 2023-24 Season with a spectacular manufacturing of Mozart’s ever common Don Giovanni. This opera set the tone for an additional distinctive season of grand opera! There’s additionally far more to return this season—we are going to current our new manufacturing of The Flying Dutchman in February and Samson and Delilah in Might.
Alongside the best way, we served our neighborhood in significant methods. Our schooling and neighborhood applications, introduced by our proficient group of Artists in Residence, reached audiences throughout the state. We additionally held essential conversations in partnership with Rocky Mountain Public Media. We labored with the AAPI neighborhood for Turandot and the Rose Andom Heart for Don Giovanni.
It has been a 12 months stuffed with Opera Colorado firsts, unimaginable creative achievement, distinctive repertoire, and dedication to new ranges of neighborhood engagement. It’s by the generosity of our audiences and beneficiant donors that we’re in a position to accomplish a lot.
We deeply admire everybody who engaged with us all year long and sit up for one other 12 months of grand opera!
