2013 Season Brochure

1OPERACOLORADO.ORG | 303.468.20302013 SEASON

WHEN YOU’RE A SEASON TICKET HOLDER AT OPERA COLORADO,

YOU FEEL THE LOVE.

Get first dibs on our prime seats.

Save 20% when you buy all three operas at once.

Enjoy free ticket exchanges (subject to availability).

Get extra savings for extra tickets.

Pay half now, half later for your tickets.

TRUE LOVE, DAY OR NIGHT.When would you like to come see us? You have choices as a season ticket holder.Saturday evenings (opening nights)Tuesday eveningsFriday eveningsSunday afternoons

IN OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON, YOU WILL BE DAZZLED.Have you ever lost yourself completely in an experience?

That’s the way operagoers feel when they leave the Ellie.

Because it utilizes the richest array of art forms — music, acting,

dance, costumes, and the incredible power of the human voice

— opera moves you. And this season, we’ll immerse you in some

juicy stories. Get your fix of true, tortured love in Romeo and

Juliet. Meet the ultimate ladies’ man in Don Giovanni. Feel the

repression and freedom in the world premiere of The Scarlet

Letter. Dress up, make a night of it, and prepare yourself for a

new kind of love connection courtesy of Opera Colorado.

GREG CARPENTER General Director

1OPERACOLORADO.ORG | 303.468.2030

Hearts will race as star-crossed lovers face impossible odds in Opera Colorado’s 2013 production of Romeo and Juliet. Experience the forbidden infatuation, the sweet purity of first love and the final tragic measures our young protagonists take to ensure their true love remains eternal. Fall again for this 1867 French classic bursting with beautiful duets, grand staging and a waltz to remember. It’s teenage angst at its best.

Sung in French with English and Spanish subtitles at every seat.

BY CHARLES GOUNOD

HEIDI STOBER as Juliet

GIUSEPPE VARANO as Romeo

ROMEO AND JULIET IS SPONSORED BY:Mike & Julie Bock

Ellie Caulkins

Marcia & Dick Robinson

FEBRUARY 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 2013ROBERT WOOD Conductor BILL MURRAY Director


MARCH 30 | APRIL 2 | 5 | 7 | 2013ARI PELTO Conductor KEVIN NEWBURY Director

BY W.A. MOZART

DON GIOVANNI IS SPONSORED BY:Hilja K. Herfurth

Patrick Spieles & Carol McMurry

He loves you...he loves you not...he loves you... Don Giovanni encapsulates the roller-coaster emotions of love and deceit with wit, high drama and unforgettable music. Reset in the early ‘50s, this classic Mozart opera follows our suave, love-em-and-leave-em antihero as his fickle heart alights with everyone from Anna to Zerlina, and dozens of women in between. And because our philandering heartbreaker eventually gets his comeuppance, Mom will approve.

Sung in Italian with English and Spanish subtitles at every seat.

CHRISTOPHER MAGIERA

as Don Giovanni

ELLIE DEHN as Donna Anna

MELODY MOORE as Donna Elvira


MAY 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2013DEAN WILLIAMSON Conductor BETH GREENBERG Director

BY LORI LAITMAN

Love finds a voice in our world premiere of The Scarlet Letter, a dramatic new adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic novel with libretto written by Colorado’s Poet Laureate David Mason. It’s a morality play of rigid judgement, heart-wrenching betrayal and redemptive love brought to life through stunning performances, dramatic set design and incredible music. Like Hester, you’ll discover that sin, while a failing, is essential to the human experience.

Sung in English with English and Spanish subtitles at every seat.

ELIZABETH FUTRAL

as Hester Prynne

JAMES VALENTI as Arthur

Dimmesdale

MORGAN SMITH as Roger

Chillingworth

WORLD PREMIERE

THE SCARLET LETTER IS SPONSORED BY:Dave & Pam Duke


Select a seating section. All performances take place at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis Streets, in downtown Denver.

CHOOSE YOUR SEATS

SEASON TICKET PRICES AND LOCATIONSSATURDAY/OPENING NIGHTS @ 7:30 PMROMEO AND JULIET February 9, 2013

DON GIOVANNI March 30, 2013

THE SCARLET LETTER May 4, 2013

TUESDAYS @ 7:30 PMROMEO AND JULIET February 12, 2013

DON GIOVANNI April 2, 2013


FRIDAYS @ 7:30 PMROMEO AND JULIET February 15, 2013



SUNDAY MATINEES @ 2:00 PMROMEO AND JULIET February 17, 2013



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Prices include one ticket to each opera in the 2013 Season.

Subscription ticket prices include one ticket to each opera in the 2013 season, subscriber discount, season ticket handling fee, 10% City and County of Denver seat tax. Subscription orders are filled in the order in which they are received. New subscribers will be seated following renewing subscribers who renew before the June 21, 2012 deadline. All sales final. Sorry, no refunds on individual productions. Artists, dates and times are subject to change without notice. Late-comers will not be seated until intermission. Price comparison includes 2 full-priced tickets, Ticketmaster individual service charges, plus Ticketmaster per-order service charge.

YELLOWThe BEST seats

in the house

PURPLE

• Center,mainorchestralevel• Frontofcenterparterre(raisedsection

across main level)• Centerandfrontofmezzanine(firstlevelup)• Middleoforchestrarightandleftsides

A couple saves over $200 when buying 2 season tickets.





$399

$279

$195

$135

$58

• Rearofcenterparterreandfirsttworowsofside parterre

• Lasttworowsofcentermezzanine• Firsttworowsofcenterorchestraandfront

rows and back row of right and left side sections (Row P is accessible seating only)

• Sideandrearboxesofparterre

• Lastthreerowsofcenterorchestra• Parterreandmezzaninerightandleft

side sections• Loge(secondlevelup)• Sideandrearboxesofmezzanine

• Frontsectionofbalconycenter(thirdlevel up)

• Sideandrearboxesofloge

• Rearcenterandsidesofbalcony

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1. WHICH PERFORMANCE WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEND?

Saturdays at 7:30 pm (Opening Nights) Tuesdays at 7:30 pm Fridays at 7:30 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm

2. WHAT SECTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIT IN? ( Prices are for 3-opera packages: Romeo and Juliet, Don Giovanni, and The Scarlet Letter)

Price Class 1 $399 Price Class 4 $135 Price Class 2 $279 Price Class 5 $58 Price Class 3 $195

I require wheelchair seating. If you have any special seating needs, please include written instructions with your order.

3. HOW MANY SEASON TICKET PACKAGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO PURCHASE?

4. PLEASE INCLUDE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT TO OPERA COLORADO WITH YOUR ORDER

5. TOTAL ENCLOSED (Number of packages ordered times the price per package plus a donation.)

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Season ticket prices include one ticket to each opera, subscriber discount, Opera Colorado season ticket handling fee and 10% City and County of Denver seat tax. Subscription orders are filled in the order in which they are received. All sales final. No refunds on individual productions. Artists are subject to change without notice. Late-comers will not be seated until intermission. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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