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Time to order your tickets for the 2014 Central City Opera Festival, if you have not done so already. Click on the picture above to get to the Central City Opera web site. This will be our 12th Annual visit to Central City to experience the marvelous melodies, the heavenly harmonies, and the artistic acting of the performers.

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11th Annual Central City Opera Weekend

This year marked the 11th year we have made the trek to that magical mountain dreamland that appears every summer, Brigadoon-like, from late June to early August, known as the Central City Opera Association's Summer Festival. This year we enjoyed two separate weekends with two groups of friends. 

This Chase Creek Inn Bed and Breakfast, where we make our home for a wonderful weekend every July.

Our room. Breezy and full of light.

Lobster Buffet at the Riviera.

Walking into Central City.

Waiting for the curtain to rise on "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" for our first weekend's entertainment. 

View down Eureka Street at intermission.

Après Opera has become one of our favorite activities of the weekend. After the evening opera on Saturday, members of the Summer Festival troupe and sometimes cast members from the evening's opera come to the Teller House's "Little Kingdom Room" to perform arias and show tunes, many comedic in nature. It is loads of fun and lasts until nearly midnight.

A view of the historic opera house.

The playbill for this year's performances.

 Web announcement of the festival's performances.  (Showboat was performed at the Buell Theater in Denver this year, and it was excellent.)

 Second weekend. Our traditional first night's feast at the Ameristar's Centennial Buffet.

 Karen's breakfasts at Chase Creek Inn cannot be beat.

These rocking chairs provided great relaxation for all of us throughout the weekend. It's fun to sit and watch the numerous hummingbirds and chipmunks that make their presence known. 

This year, we discovered a delightful place for a sandwich lunch, just down the street from the B&B. Check out the Blackhawk Mountain Mocha Cafe.  

Delicious dinner before the opera at Kevin Taylor's at The Face Bar. 

Best seats in the house. Down front in the balcony. Awaiting the start of "Our Town."

We always brag about the amazing stagecraft of the Central City Opera, their ability to produce appropriate props. This year's performance of "Our Town" featured austere staging.

Daytime view from the balcony.

Saddest part of the weekend, saying goodbye (until next year).

Stopping by Dostal Alley before heading home. Their pizza and sandwiches are good, but the service is rather slow.

Annie Oakley's, the only convenience store/grocery/liquor store in the city of Central, at the corner of Main Street, as you enter or leave the city.

Saying goodbye to Central City. A view back up Main Street. See you next year.

        

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Tickets are now on sale for the Central City Opera's 2013 season, which runs from late June to early August. Purchase your season subscriptions now to receive a 30 or 35% discount. Next year's offerings are Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," Rorem's "Our Town," and Kern and Hammerstein's "Showboat" (to be performed at the Buell Theater).

This will be our 11th annual weekend of opera in Central City.
Here's a recounting of last year's extravaganza.
Central City Opera
Central City Opera Festival Blog: Behind-the-Curtain

September 2012 Wallpaper

Central City Opera 2013 Festival

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Excited for our 10th Annual Central City Opera Weekend coming up in two weeks!

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Click here for more on the 2012 Central City Opera season.

Central City Festival Blog: Behind the Curtain

Central City Opera February 2012 Wallpaper

Central City Opera April 2011 Wallpaper

Check out the Central City Opera web site for all the details of this summer's festival season.

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March 2011 Wallpaper provided by the Central City Opera House Association.

Caption reads: Horace and Baby Doe Tabor were married on March 1, 1883. Their marriage has been immortalized in the opera THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE, pictured here from the 1956 (world premiere), 1996 and 2006 Central City Opera productions.

We saw the 2006 production, and it was very enjoyable.