Ralph Opera Program

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

News

November 2015 Alumni Class Notes

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Heston McCranie, ’09, B.M. Music Performance, Cello, currently lives in Atlanta, Ga., and is working on her Ph.D. in Music Education at Georgia State University. Heston teaches string techniques for the university as well as working on research projects on improvisation and creativity. In the fall, she began a position as the primary orchestra director […]

In Review: Hansel and Gretel 

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The 2015-2016 opera season began with gusto as the Charles and Reta Ralph Opera Center at Colorado State University opened with Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck, directed by Tiffany Blake, with the CSU Sinfonia Orchestra, conducted by Mariusz Smolij and Adam Torres.  Based on the classic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm, the opera tells […]

Sugary Spectacle: CSU Opera takes the stage this November with fantastical, candy-coated performance of well-known fairy tale

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“Truly, it’s a masterpiece of the highest quality…all of it original, new, and so authentically German.” The composer Richard Strauss made that statement after conducting the premier of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and now over 120 years later, his words remain true. The Charles and Reta Ralph Opera Center at Colorado State University announces […]