By Megan Waugh You are sitting at a party in a swanky art-deco ballroom in 1920’s Paris on a hazy summer’s evening with the majestic Eiffel Tower in clear view out the nearest window. You watch as elitists arrive in their finest attire, gossiping and giving each other the once over. Music begins to play […]
On March 3, 2012, fifteen finalists competed for top prizes in the annual Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition. Two vocal performance graduate students from Colorado State University won top honors: Kimberli Render, student of Dr. Tiffany Blake, won first prize and a $6,000 cash prize; Gene Stenger, student of Dr. Todd Queen, received Honorable Mention. […]
Deceit, betrayal, paranormal activity, and madness define the story behind Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw. Well known for its 12-note theme, The Turn of the Screw has proved to be a welcome challenge for Director Dr. Tiffany Blake and the students starring in the opera produced by the Charles and Reta Ralph […]
The Department of Music, Theatre and Dance is thrilled to announce the creation of the Charles and Reta Ralph Opera Center, a program named in honor of Charles and Reta Ralph in recognition of their lengthy, generous and continuing support of opera at Colorado State University. The Ralph’s benevolence establishes two endowments for both operational […]
From the Coloradoan Newspaper, 9:51 PM, Nov. 2, 2011 We arrived in Fort Collins just three years ago and were instantly transformed into yet more of those tiresome boosters who never shut up about the assets of their wonderful town. But we can’t understand why we don’t hear a lot more about the CSU Opera […]
Vocal music majors at Colorado State University received a variety of awards, including the coveted “Singer of the Year,” at the annual competition that took place on Saturday, February 12, 2011, in the Organ Recital Hall at the University Center for the Arts. At the Singer of the Year Competition, undergraduate voice students compete for […]
02.17.10 – Vocal music majors at Colorado State University received a variety of awards, including the coveted “Singer of the Year,” at the annual competition that took place on Saturday, February 13, in the Organ Recital Hall at the University Center for the Arts. At the Singer of the Year Competition, undergraduate voice students compete […]
01.25.10 – Colorado State University tenor alums John Lindsey and James Baumgardner advanced from the Colorado-Wyoming District auditions to the Rocky Mountain Region Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions that took place in Denver on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Lindsey and Baumgardner were two of just six singers to advance, and each received monetary awards of […]
