Works by disabled composers and works about disability. Featuring music by Milhaud, Wolf, Rossini, MT Paradis, Boulanger, and featuring some selections from Light in the Piazza.
The Composer Fellows’ Initiative (CFI) inspires College of Music composition students to explore the opera medium under professional mentorship. Participating composers’ short opera scenes develop under the guidance of CU NOW industry titans and are then rehearsed, staged, costumed and performed within the summer festival of CU NOW. This summer will feature student composers (list composers).
CFI Composers:
Indigo Farmer Glenda Luck Leah Porter Tracy Luka Vezmar
Works by disabled composers and works about disability. Featuring music by Milhaud, Wolf, Rossini, MT Paradis, Boulanger, and featuring some selections from Light in the Piazza.
Mark Adamo, famous for his opera “Little Women” and “The Gospel of Mary Magdalene” at San Francisco Opera, returns this summer with his latest work, “Sarah in the Theatre.”
He recalls of his last CU NOW workshop: “Leigh Holman and CU NOW—which, I’ve long said, is the best acronym in the business—offered me their sterling singers, their flexible space, their faultless professionalism and their unstinting artistic support when I revised and directed a new version of ‘The Gospel of Mary Magdalene’ in 2016; it utterly transformed the piece, and I’ll be forever grateful for the opportunity and the experience. Here’s affirming many more years of fruitful operatic work by CU NOW.”
By the time an opera production hits the floorboards, composers and performers have spent years transforming theatrical ideas and music for the stage. The CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW) gives you the rare opportunity to observe this process and share your suggestions with the composers. Join CU performers and the titans of opera for this one-of-a-kind event!
Massenet's wistful interpretation of the classic "Cinderella" fairy tale is opulent, romantic and full of grace.
Sung in French with English supertitles.
Great repertoire, lavish scenery, amazing voices and outstanding value—these are the hallmarks of the CU Boulder College of Music Eklund Opera Program. Director Leigh Holman and Music Director Nicholas Carthy bring you the best of classical and contemporary opera in these fascinating productions.
Verdi's comic opera based on Shakespeare's timeless character.
Verdi's joyous opera celebrates life, love and laughter. Based on Shakespeare's comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Falstaff tells the story of a witty and charming rogue who tries to woo two married women. But his plans backfire as the clever ladies plot to teach him a lesson. With sparkling music, witty dialogue and hilarious situations, "Falstaff" will make you laugh out loud.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
Great repertoire, lavish scenery, amazing voices and outstanding value—these are the hallmarks of the CU Boulder College of Music Eklund Opera Program. Director Leigh Holman and Music Director Nicholas Carthy bring you the best of classical and contemporary opera in these fascinating productions.
Set in a Moroccan train station at the turn of the 20th century, a group of enigmatic strangers interacts with one another, revealing both the mundane and the miraculous in their lives. Colorful and modern, "Postcard from Morocco" explores the physical and emotional baggage we all carry from day-to-day, whether it be an unrealized dream, a mysterious secret—or even a lover in a hat box.
Great repertoire, lavish scenery, amazing voices and outstanding value—these are the hallmarks of the CU Boulder College of Music Eklund Opera Program. Director Leigh Holman and Music Director Nicholas Carthy bring you the best of classical and contemporary opera in these fascinating productions.
This performance of the CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW) offers an insider's look at the creative chaos and excitement behind the making of new opera works. Guest composer Kamala Sankaram workshops “Joan of the City,” while Tom Cipullo and Gene Scheer mentor student composers with the Composer Fellows’ Initiative to present three opera scenes.
By the time an opera production hits the floorboards, composers and performers have spent years transforming theatrical ideas and music for the stage. CU NOW gives you the rare opportunity to observe this process and share your suggestions with the composers. Join CU performers and the titans of opera for this one-of-a-kind event!