Central City Opera

Central City Opera World-class performances. Intimate theater. Authentic Rocky Mountain setting. 35 min from Denver, CO.

Founded in 1932, Central City Opera is the nation's fifth-oldest opera company, located just 35 miles west of Denver in one of Colorado's official National Landmark Historic Districts. The company continues to present artistically excellent professional opera in its annual summer festival; to offer career-entry training to young singers; to produce education and community service programs; and to preserve and maintain the Opera House and 28 other Victorian-era properties.

🎶 BIG NEWS: The Voice Studio is here! Learn from experienced artists, backed by one of Colorado's oldest and most respe...
08/25/2026

🎶 BIG NEWS: The Voice Studio is here!

Learn from experienced artists, backed by one of Colorado's oldest and most respected performing arts institutions.

Now offering:

🎤 Private lessons in Voice, Piano & Guitar
🎵 Group voice classes with quarterly concerts
🎓 College/audition preparation

Starting out or more experienced? All are welcome here! Come join us at The Voice Studio.

Learn more & register: centralcityopera.org/studio/

Better late than never! Kinda chic to go to Central City Opera.Photos by Amanda Tipton Photography
08/21/2026

Better late than never! Kinda chic to go to Central City Opera.

Photos by Amanda Tipton Photography

We’re headed back to Lincoln Hills! Join Central City Opera touring artists for three amazing events in the beautiful Co...
08/20/2026

We’re headed back to Lincoln Hills!

Join Central City Opera touring artists for three amazing events in the beautiful Colorado mountains.

🏡 Sep 27-Clara Brown Day
đź—˝Oct 17- Great American Composers
🌠 Oct 18- Earth to Kenzie

Lincoln Hills is a unique pillar of Colorado history: founded in 1922 as the only Black-owned mountain resort in the Rocky Mountains. Lincoln Hills gave generations of Black families — and visiting luminaries like Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston a safe place to breathe.

Explore our Lincoln Hills events at centralcityopera.org/lincoln-hills/

Thank you Ann & Doug Sparks and Lincoln Hills Cares for sponsoring the performances!

Save the date! 📆September 16 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Balfour Riverfront Park Celebrate community, connection, and the joy of...
08/19/2026

Save the date! 📆

September 16 | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Balfour Riverfront Park

Celebrate community, connection, and the joy of opera at the Central City Opera Guild’s Fall Membership Celebration! Free and open to members and those curious about joining.

What you’ll get:
-Learn about the Guild’s mission
-Meet fellow opera lovers
-Discover ways to get involved
-Cash bar, appetizers, complimentary valet parking available

Please RSVP by September 13 by visiting centralcityopera.org/guild-membership-event or using the QR code (image 4)

Images by Amanda Tipton Photograph

08/12/2026

This Steinway piano is special.

We had a wonderful conversation with Lotte Lieb Dula, who generously presented her family’s piano to Central City Opera.

Learn why she chose to dedicate the piano to CCO, the personal meaning behind it, and her hopes for the piano’s future. Thank you, Lotte and family, for this generous dedication.

Touched by the story? You can support Central City Opera at centralcityopera.org/donate

Opera on the Green is still happening! Just a little later.Join us at Opera on the Green in Central Park for a free perf...
08/05/2026

Opera on the Green is still happening! Just a little later.

Join us at Opera on the Green in Central Park for a free performance by Central City Opera Touring Artists.

The show this year has been postponed to Friday, September 11. Stay tuned for more details.

Join us at Opera on the Green in Central Park for a free performance by Central City Opera Touring Artists.

The show this year has been postponed to Friday, September 11. Stay tuned for more details.

Congratulations to the members of Central City Opera’s Bonfils-Stanton Artist Training Program 2026 cohort, piano fellow...
08/04/2026

Congratulations to the members of Central City Opera’s Bonfils-Stanton Artist Training Program 2026 cohort, piano fellows, and the winners of our festival awards!

Adelaide Bishop Award: Benjamin Chen
The Eureka Award: Lucy Guillemette
Graves Memorial Award: Hallie Schmidt
John and Ginny Starkey Award: Barbie Noyes
John and Ginny Starkey Award: Sabina Balsamo
John Moriarty Award: Levi Adkins
Lew Cady Memorial Award: John Solomon Collins
McGlone Award: Lily Witemeyer
McGlone Award: Joshua Cominsky
Outstanding Mezzo-Soprano Award: Jordan McCready
Outstanding Mezzo-Soprano Alumna Award: Kira Dills-DeSurra
Outstanding Young Artist Award: Denique Isaac

And a special thanks to the incredible Corinne Hayes, Head of Training Programs.

Applications for the 2027 training artist program close on Aug 9! Have you applied yet? https://app.stagetime.com/opportunities/1499

Our 2026 festival is officially over! 🎉 To our superb principal and training artists, our fantastic creative and produc...
08/03/2026

Our 2026 festival is officially over! 🎉

To our superb principal and training artists, our fantastic creative and production teams, our incredible music staff and orchestral musicians, and our amazing administrative and festival staff and interns — we couldn't have produced this festival without you.

And to everyone who bought tickets, subscribed, or donated this season: thank you from the bottom of our hearts. This was a season we won't forget. See you next summer!

Photos by Amanda Tipton- Photographer

What a moment to remember! On July 24, members of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artist Training Program joined special ...
07/31/2026

What a moment to remember!

On July 24, members of the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artist Training Program joined special guest Andrew Simpson to perform Mozart's classic THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO.

Congratulations to:

Susanna: Tori Tedeschi Adams
Figaro: Andrew Simpson
Count Almaviva: Matthew Cossack
Countess Almaviva: Jamila Drecker-Waxman
Cherubino: Jordan McCready
Dr. Bartolo: Justin Ramm-Damron
Marcellina: Nicole Plummer
Don Basilio/ Don Curzio: Patrick Starke
Barbarina: Francesca Herrera
Antonio: Brian Wacker

Prepared by Assistant Director: Joey GarcĂ­a
Conductor: Tyler Tucker
Continuo: Artyom Pak

Images by Amanda Tipton- Photographer

Join us next year! Applications for Central City Opera's 2027 Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artist Training Program close on Aug 9. Apply today at app.stagetime.com/opportunities/1499

07/30/2026

Did you know the harpsichord plucks instead of strikes?

We caught up with Jerimiah Otto, harpsichord and director of Ensemble Gothic, to learn more about this fascinating old instrument.

Join them and Ensemble Gothic in Central City for a concert on Aug 9! centralcityopera.org/sprezzatura

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124 Eureka Street
Central City, CO
80427

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Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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