Central City Opera’s Education and Community Programs enhance existing curriculum for young students and life-long learning for everyone. We work directly with educators, community leaders, students and parents to make these offerings relevant, educational and entertaining. The arts enrich lives and learning at every age.
To request a program, contact us at 303-331-7026 or education@centralcityopera.org.
You can now request a program through our online form.
For information on our summer opera apprentice program of voice training and performance opportunities for young professionals, please visit the Young Artists Training Program page.
Download the PDF version of the 2012-13 Education & Community Programs Brochure
To schedule a program at your school or venue, contact the Education and Community Programs office: education@centralcityopera.org or (303) 331-7026.
OUR THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS
who so generously support Central City Opera’s Education and Community Programs:
Education Partners:
You can now request a program through our online form.
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS
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Bring dynamic singing artists into your school for a performance or create an opera with your students through workshops and masterclasses. Attend a family matinee during the summer festival or participate in our Summer Performing Arts Intensive for high school students. There are so many ways to experience opera!
PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATORS
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Professional development and resources for educators. The arts make great teaching tools - use those tools easier and more frequently with our training.
PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS
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You thought you had to wait until the summer festival for a good cry or a hearty laugh in the theatre, but Central City Opera makes opera mobile! Enjoy the glory of opera anytime, from a speaker or one singer and a pianist up to a full 90-minute program of scenes from opera and musical theater.
Love Notes, Smooth Operator, or Saints and Sinners: the good, the bad and the opera. Call us and we’ll bring you a program just right for any occasion, whether it's holiday party entertainment, a corporate event, or a community concert. Available year round; call (303) 331-7026 for a quote.
Opera Notes
During our summer season, a staff member will give a FREE PRE-PERFORMANCE PREVIEW in the Williams Stables (just across Eureka Street from the Opera House), at 1:50 or 7:15 p.m. prior to each performance. Arrive early, as seating is limited.
Family Matinees
Designated Festival matinee performances are perfect for those on a budget. Full-length operas are performed by the talented young artists of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program. Introductions before each act and a meet-the-artists session after the opera make this the perfect opportunity to introduce children and opera newbies to the magic of opera. The Family Matinee of the 2013 Festival Season will be The Barber of Seville on July 18, 2013. Call the Box Office at 303-292-6700 for tickets!
- Speakers for your club, service organization, or group
- Love Notes (2-3 singers and a pianist, 45-90 min.)
- Smooth Operator (3 singers and pianist or small combo, 60-90 min.)
- Saints and Sinners: the good, the bad and the opera (4 singers and pianist, 45-90 min)
- Other flexible programs with 1-3 singers and pianist (we can bring the keyboard, too)
Opera Notes
During our summer season, a staff member will give a FREE PRE-PERFORMANCE PREVIEW in the Williams Stables (just across Eureka Street from the Opera House), at 1:50 or 7:15 p.m. prior to each performance. Arrive early, as seating is limited.
Family Matinees
Designated Festival matinee performances are perfect for those on a budget. Full-length operas are performed by the talented young artists of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program. Introductions before each act and a meet-the-artists session after the opera make this the perfect opportunity to introduce children and opera newbies to the magic of opera. The Family Matinee of the 2013 Festival Season will be The Barber of Seville on July 18, 2013. Call the Box Office at 303-292-6700 for tickets!
REGIONAL TOURING
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The Rocky Mountain region enjoys the benefits of a vibrant population; diverse, educated and expanding rapidly. Central City Opera recognizes its historic role as an arts and cultural resource and is unique in bringing its award-winning touring programs to the entire region, including rural and remote locations. Our touring programs center on family entertainment, offering educational programs for children and community programs for families. Available year round, region-wide.
Booking now:
Opera Rocks the Rockies: November 3-11, 2012 - southern Colorado
Variety Concert Programs: October 2012 to June 2013 - anywhere in Colorado or southern Wyoming
Booking now:
Opera Rocks the Rockies: November 3-11, 2012 - southern Colorado
Variety Concert Programs: October 2012 to June 2013 - anywhere in Colorado or southern Wyoming
ENSEMBLE ARTISTS
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Our year-round roster of local professional artists perform and teach around the region.
EDUCATION SCHEDULE
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Upcoming events of the Central City Opera Ensemble
RESOURCE CENTER
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Study guides and other educational resources on opera
Download the PDF version of the 2012-13 Education & Community Programs Brochure
To schedule a program at your school or venue, contact the Education and Community Programs office: education@centralcityopera.org or (303) 331-7026.
OUR THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS
who so generously support Central City Opera’s Education and Community Programs:
- Central City Opera Guild
- The Denver Foundation
- Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund
- John G. Duncan Charitable Trust
- EnCana Oil and Gas
- Alan Green Memorial Fund
- William Randolph Hearst Foundation
- The Virginia W. Hill Foundation
- The Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust
- Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation
- The Kerr Foundation
- J.K. Mullen Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- The Louis and Harold Price Foundation
- Schramm Foundation
- Citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
- Sterne Elder Memorial Trust
- Target
- Wells Fargo
- Xcel Energy Foundation
Education Partners:
- Colorado Children's Chorale
- Colorado Springs Conservatory
- CU Opera
- Inside the Orchestra
- Opera America
- Central City Opera Ensemble
- Member organizations of the Scientifica and Cultural Collaborative
- Roger Ames, Composer In Residence