Così fan tutte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two 1 Act British Operas
Arias followed by L’Enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel
Overview
The Charles and Reta Ralph Opera Program is named in honor of Charles and Reta Ralph in recognition of their generous and continuing support of opera at Colorado State University. The Ralph’s benevolence provides programmatic support and professional development opportunities, as well as a broad scholarship support system for students studying vocal performance.
The Ralph Opera Program performs two fully staged productions with orchestra each year, as well as multiple opera scenes programs, spanning the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras.
Past presentations include: Gioachino Rossini's La Cenerentola; W.A. Mozart's Idomeneo; Jules Massenet's Cendrillon; Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow; Kurt Weill’s Street Scene; Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia; Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff; and Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Details
- Ample performing opportunities for undergraduate students.
- Graduate students fill leadership roles.
- Auditions for the Ralph Opera Program productions are held in Oct. and March and are open to all CSU students.
Rehearses: T/TR, 2-5 p.m., UCA G 122
Director: Dr. Tiffany Blake
Events
Spring 2024 Student Recitals / FREE
Flute Studio Recital / FREE
CSU Marching Band Q&A: Webinar #1
Joel Bacon x Soundtracks
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
Lecture Recital-"Music, then Film: Julie Giroux's Symphony No. 6: The Blue Marble. A Film Composer's Immersive Experience for Wind Band"
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
North American Baroque Trumpet Conference and Competition
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
North American Baroque Trumpet Competition Opening Concert: A Baroque Extravaganza / FREE
North American Baroque Trumpet Conference and Competition
Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
North American Baroque Trumpet Competition Awards Ceremony and Closing Concert: Baroque Trumpet Spectacular! / FREE
The Meaning of Democracy: a moderated panel
Keynote conversation with W. Kamau Bell: Race, culture, and democracy
Indigenous Governance Traditions: Native Nationhood, Sovereignty, and Democracy
Trombone Studio Recital / FREE
Alumni Night Out with the CSU Marching Band
Viewing of The Five States of Colorado
Democracy at CSU Panels
Practicing Democracy Open House and Civic Skill Building Workshops
Screening of Join or Die
Lessons and Legacies of the Civil War for American Democracy
Guest Artist Series: Michelle Kesler, Cello, and Scott Holden, Piano
Jazz Combos Concert
Democracy Expo
Living into a deep democracy: practices for reclaiming citizenship
Closing Keynote with Robert Putnam: the Erosion of American Democracy and the Upswing
Brass Area Chamber Music / FREE
CSU Trombone Choir Concert / FREE
Voice Area Recital / FREE
Wind Symphony Concert: Garden of Dreams
2024 Clarinet Composers Festival: Mangani Mania!
2024 CSU Marching Band Spring Game Extravaganza
Fall 2024 CSU Color Guard Live Auditions
Saxophone Studio Recital / FREE
Virtuoso Series Concert: Faculty Chamber Music
Jazz Ensembles Concert: Guest Artist Jon Gordon, Saxophone
Symphonic Band Concert: Song and Dance Part II
Spring Choir Concert: My Life Flows On in Endless Song
CSU Percussion Ensemble Festival Concert
Fall 2024 CSU Drumline Live Auditions
Double Reed Studio Recital / FREE
String Chamber Music Concert / FREE
Concert Band Concert: Musical Memories / FREE
Graduate String Quartet
Concert Orchestra Concert: Ancient Airs and Echoes / FREE
Piano Studio Recital / FREE
University Symphony Orchestra Concert: Propulsion!
World Percussion Ensemble Concert
CSU Marching Band Q&A: Webinar #2
2024 Summer Voice Intensive
2024 CSU Jazz Summer Workshop
CSU Marching Band Preseason Virtual Q&A
2024 CSU Percussion Camp
2024 Colorado Harp Seminar
2024 Organ Week
2024 CSU Brass Workshop
Concert Version: Bye Bye Birdie
2024 International Keyboard Odyssiad® & Festival, U.S.A.
CSU Band Day
CSU Alumni Band at 2024 Homecoming and Family Weekend
2024 CSU Honor Band Festival
News
Dr. Nicole Asel, professor of music in the voice area, contacted Peveto about an opportunity with Opera Steamboat after a previous performer found himself unable to sing. This opportunity led to a contract for Peveto to fill the role of Harry in Stephen Sondheim’s Company. When Peveto auditioned a second time this past summer for Opera Steamboat, he was contracted to perform two roles; Pinellino in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, and Peter Zegner in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up.
Colorado State University vocal student Emily Anderson participated in the 2021 West Central Regional Student Auditions for the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS); the 59th annual competition for Colorado, Wyoming, and Kansas vocalists. Emily Anderson, a CSU master’s student, placed first in the graduate category of the West-Central regional National Association of Teachers of […]
American tenor John Lindsey, instructor of music at Colorado State University’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, has been noted for his “clarion tone” and “blazing tenor” by Opera News. Lindsey recently brought that “clarion tone” to bear in his performance of Monostatos with Des Moines Metro Opera’s production of Die Zauberflöte. Des Moines Metro […]