Add to your festival experience or come up for an intimate performance with one of the following Festival Extras. Extras for the 2011 Festival have not yet been announced. Below is a sampling of what was available during 2010.
When available, we will list the dates these are offered, as well as non-Festival Central City Opera events throughout the year, in our Calendar.
Opera Notes
Free Pre-performance Preview
Join a member of the artistic staff for a free, short opera preview at 1:50 or 7:15 p.m. prior to each performance at the Williams Stables (just across Eureka Street from the Opera House). Seating is limited, so arrive early.
For more information, call the Central City Opera office at (303) 292-6500.
July 14, 21, 24 at 1:15 p.m.
Central City Opera presents a new 30-minute opera to complement your opera-going experience in 2010, the comic opera Signor Deluso by Thomas Pasatieri. Based on Moliere’s play Sganarelle, this comedy of errors follows two couples who suspect their true loves are having affairs with others.
This one-act opera is performed by members of our renowned Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program and directed by CCO Artistic Director Emeritus, John Moriarty, who conducted the original production of Signor Deluso in 1974.
Performed on select dates during the Festival (see calendar) at 1:15 p.m. in Williams Stables, tickets for Signor Deluso are $12 per person/$8 for subscribers. If you have not reserved a seat in advance (highly recommended), check with the box office in the Teller House for possible same-day tickets.
View Signor Deluso production details
July 30; August 4, 8 at 1:15 p.m.
Celebrate the spirit of the Old West with our popular 30-minute opera! Visit the historic Face Bar in the Teller House and see the legendary painting of the beautiful Madeline on the barroom floor. Then cross the street to Williams Stables and step back in time for a passionate, tragic love triangle based on the poetic legend surrounding the painting.
Our talented Apprentice Artists from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program bring to life this timeless tale of jealousy. Composed by Henry Mollicone in 1978 for Central City Opera, The Face on the Barroom Floor is now one of America’s most popular cabaret operas.
Performed on select dates during the Festival (see calendar) at 1:15 p.m. in Williams Stables, tickets for Face on the Barroom Floor are $12 per person/$8 for subscribers. If you have not reserved a seat in advance (highly recommended), check with the box office in the Teller House for possible same-day tickets.
View Face on the Barroom Floor production details
June 30; July 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 28; August 1, 6, 7 at 1:15 p.m
Performed on select dates during the Festival (see calendar) at 1:15 p.m. in Williams Stables, tickets for Opera a la Carte are $12 per person/$8 for subscribers. If you have not reserved a seat in advance (highly recommended), check with the box office in the Teller House for possible same-day tickets.
View the 2010 Opera a la Carte repertoire
July 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25; August 1, 7 at 12:30 p.m.
An intimate 30 minute performance by a Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artist in the Teller House Museum Salon. Performed select Saturdays and Sundays at 12:30 p.m (see calendar) in the Teller House Salon.
Tickets: $20.
NEW - Super Saturday Package with the Kevin Taylor Restaurant Group:
1 Ticket to our intimate Salon Recital
1 Gourmet picnic lunch from Kevin Taylor’s Face Bar
1 Festival Extra ticket (Opera a la Carte, Signor Deluso or Face on the Barroom Floor)
1 Premium “C” section to the featured main stage Opera
$92
Order the package through the Central City Opera Box Office at 303-292-6700.
Take a Child to the Opera
Enhance your Family Matinee experience (see above)! Enjoy a kid-friendly buffet lunch before the performance and additional fun activities unique to Central City. Sponsored by the Central City Opera House Association Guild. Available for each Family Matinee performance for an additional $17. Order your Family Matinee tickets online, then select "Choose a Different Event" and add-on the Take a Child event.
