Music on the Front Range: Opera

Boulder Opera Company presents small scale productions intended to engage the wider community and introduce new audiences to the art form. Their performers are local professionals.

Central City Opera is a professional opera company that performs a summer festival season in the mountain town of Central City. They perform in a 19th century Victorian opera house and their repertoire includes established and modern works.
They offer an Artists Training Program for emerging opera professionals.

The Loveland Opera Theatre was created to provide opportunities for emerging professionals and community opera singers. Their productions are typically in English and focus on comedies and uplifting themes.
Loveland Opera Theatre offers Opera for Kids, which are shortened versions of their mainstage operas for young audiences. They also provide free programming to all Thompson school district children.

Opera Colorado presents full-scale productions of beloved works from the opera canon. Their main stage is the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver.
They host an Artist in Residence program for emerging professionals, and those artists tour productions to regional schools.

Opera Fort Collins is a regional professional opera company. They produce full-scale productions from the Western opera canon.
Opera Fort Collins hosts an Artist-in-Residence.