Courtney
Caston
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Join us for Opera in the Park 2025: Bella Voce, a magical open-air concert celebrating the grandeur of Italian opera and the brilliance of American classics. Featuring stunning arias, duets, and ensembles, this program showcases the beauty of the operatic voice in a spectacular outdoor setting.
Enjoy selections from Mozart, Verdi, Bernstein, and Gershwin, performed by Boulder Opera’s finest singers with a live orchestra. From the soaring melodies of Don Giovanni and Rigoletto to the American elegance of Candide and Porgy and Bess, this program blends the best of Italian and American opera traditions into an unforgettable evening of music.
Experience the magic of opera under the stars and immerse yourself in an evening of breathtaking music!
Courtney Caston
Soloist
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Emily Anderson
Soloist
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Madama Butterfly makes its highly anticipated return to Opera Colorado, bringing Puccini’s emotionally charged masterpiece to the stage. This iconic opera tells the story of Cio-Cio-San, a young Japanese geisha whose unwavering devotion to an American naval officer leads to devastating heartbreak. With its lush, soaring melodies and striking themes of honor and survival, Madama Butterfly remains one of opera’s most moving works.
Courtney Caston
Chorus
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I will be performing a solo recital exclusively featuring the vocal works of Black Composers in celebration of Clara Brown Day with Central City Opera.
Courtney Caston
Soloist
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Opera 2030 is a new strategic agreement between three of Colorado’s most innovative performing arts organizations: The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, and Art Song Colorado.
Opera 2030 calls for five years of chamber opera performances, with a regular focus on military programming.
Opera 2030 will focus on new operas, giving second, third, and fourth performances to those pieces of music that we hope will become tomorrow’s classics.
This year's production will be Vrebalov's opera, The Knock.
Courtney Caston
Aishah McNair
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Biography
Soprano, Courtney Caston, is a passionate performer and storyteller from Atlanta, GA who is making a name for herself in the opera world.
With her first introduction to opera being in elementary school, Courtney has been singing in opera productions since the 6th grade.
For the 2025-2026 season, Courtney will be featured in numerous exciting concerts and productions. In August, Caston will debut as a soprano soloist for Boulder Opera's annual Opera in the Park concert. In September, she will be curating and performing a solo recital which exclusively features the works of Black composers with Central City Opera in celebration of Clara Brown Day. In November, Caston will be making a role debut as Aishah McNair in Aleksandra Vrebalov's The Knock with Opera 2030. Finally, she will once again be joining the Opera Colorado chorus for their production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly in May 2026.
In 2024, Courtney joined Central City Opera as a Touring and Teaching Artist, performing around the state of Colorado. Caston has performed with opera companies Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Loveland Opera Theatre, Boulder Opera and has performed internationally in Germany with the professional company, Opera Classica Europa.
Courtney’s full roles include High Priestess in Aida, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, Agathe in Der Freischütz, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Giunone in La Calisto (Cavalli), and La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi. Partial roles include Clara Brown in Gabriel’s Daughter (Mollicone), the title role in Aida, Mimì in La Bohème, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Alice Ford in Falstaff.
Courtney has also participated in reputable competitions such as the Mary E. Singletary Vocal Arts Competition for Emerging Artists, where she won 4th place in 2021 and 2023, and the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition where she placed in the top 10 in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
In May 2024, Courtney was a featured soloist with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra where she sang “Beim Schlafengehen” from Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs. She has also sung Act II of Aida in concert as the title role with the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
Caston holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Simpson College (2017) where she studied with Matthew Lau and a Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Northern Colorado (2019) where she studied with Dr. Diane Bolden-Taylor and Dr. Derek Chester.
Courtney is based in Denver, CO and is currently studying with Wagnerian soprano, Heidi Melton.
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