Category Archives: Ralph Opera Center

Chandler Peveto performing Harry in Steamboat Opera's Company.

CSU Voice Major, Chandler Peveto, Performs as Emerging Artist with Steamboat Opera

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

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.

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Emily Anderson takes first place in the West-Central Regional NATS Competition

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Monday, April 11, 2022

Music, Music Education, Ralph Opera Center, Voice

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 […]

John Lindsey blazes a trail across the opera world

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Monday, March 28, 2022

Alumni, Faculty, Music, Ralph Opera Center, Voice

John Lindsey 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 […]

CSU voice student, Lauren Bumgarner, wins first place at the Denver Lyric Opera Guild annual competition

Posted by School of Music, Theatre, and Dance on Monday, March 28, 2022

Ralph Opera Center, Voice

On Saturday, March 19, twenty-eight talented vocalists competed for top prizes in the annual Denver Lyric Opera Guild competition. Colorado State University graduate student, Lauren Bumgarner, won first place. According to the guild’s website, the organization’s mission is to encourage and support young singers and provide continuing education for DLOG members in the appreciation and […]

Four voice alums receive Denver Lyric Opera Guild awards

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Alumni, Ralph Opera Center, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Voice

Four CSU Voice alums were finalists in the 2021 Denver Lyric Opera Guild annual competition. Places were selected in March 2021. Congrats to our outstanding alumni on your continued success! Third Place: $4500 Myrle F. Hoffman Memorial Award Schyler Vargas, baritone, received his B.M. in Vocal Performance from Colorado State University and his MM from […]

British one-act operas bring varied emotions to the University Center for the Arts in April

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Monday, April 1, 2019

Ralph Opera Center, Voice

We caught up with the director of CSU’s Ralph Opera Program, Tiffany Blake, to find out more about the upcoming presentation of two highly contrasting one-act operas by British composers, The Wandering Scholar by Gustav Holst and Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The composers were dear friends and both operas premiered in the 1930s. […]

Opera takes a look: The continued relevancy of the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

Posted by Jennifer Clary on Monday, October 22, 2018

Ralph Opera Center, Voice

Whether consciously recognized or not, the Greek myth of Orpheus has permeated visual and performing art forms across ancient and popular culture. From classical literature to Arcade Fire’s 2013 release, Reflektor, the story of Orpheus and Eurydice has been told and retold throughout the ages, including the presentation of the beautiful opera by the Ralph […]

A magical night at the opera

Posted by on Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Choirs, Orchestras, Ralph Opera Center, Undergraduate, Voice

Die Zauberflöte, German for “The Magic Flute,” is a classic opera making its way to the Griffin Concert Hall stage during the first week of April. The CSU Ralph Opera Program is delighted to perform this fan-favorite by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The premiere of Die Zauberflöte took place in Germany in Sept. of 1791, and has […]

Xerxes: Lights, Costumes, Set

Posted by on Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Music, Ralph Opera Center

By Nicole Towne, SMTD Publicity Intern On Oct. 26 Colorado State University’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance will premier the Opera Xerxes, written by George Fideric Handel. The opera, presented by the Ralph Opera Program at CSU and directed by Voice Professor John Pierce, tells a multifaceted love story rooted in power, pride, and […]

A First Look at Xerxes: Colorado State University’s Fall Opera

Posted by on Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Ralph Opera Center, Voice

By Nicole Towne, SMTD Publicity Intern In just a few weeks, Colorado State University’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance will present the opera Xerxes written by George Frideric Handel. The opera, presented by the Ralph Opera Program at CSU and directed by Voice Professor John Pierce, takes the sixteenth century piece and sets it […]