Is it a love story, a scandal or a tragedy? American composer Douglas Moore lets opera goers decide for themselves as he retells the story of the rise and fall of Colorado historical figures Horace ...

A poor young woman divorces her husband over his drinking, gambling and philandering, then catches the eye of a rich man almost twice her age — who leaves his wife for her. A telenovela plot? No, it ...

A collaboration between avant-garde trio The Tiger Lillies and Opera North demonstrates that musical theatre really does make strange bedfellows. The originality of Lulu: A Murder Ballad fulfils ...

Director Edward Berger previews his new "pop opera" film Ballad of a Small Player, and discusses why it is the perfect follow-up to his hit, Conclave. The helmer teases what to expect from Colin ...

The story of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor is Colorado’s own legend. Its aspects of folklore made it an ideal subject for operatic treatment. Its sweeping narrative, however, is just complex enough to ...

In 1879, American mining magnate Horace Tabor built a Colorado opera house in 100 days. But his life story would set the stage for a musical drama that has stood as one of America’s most popular ...

In London during the 1720s, one of the hottest tickets in town was for an imported commodity — Italian operas by a popular German composer, George Frideric Handel. Yet while those works were marketed ...

“Ballad of Baby Doe” is a classic American love-story told in a 400-year-old Italian art form. It is a story about the boom-and-bust days of the Colorado mines in the Wild West, just before the turn ...

Drop-In Artmaking -- 1-4 p.m., Durand/Estes Rooms at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org. Opera in the Ozarks -- "Cendrillon," 3 p.m., Inspiration Point near Eureka Springs.