The $92 million Ellie Caulkins Opera House, known as the Ellie, was constructed within the 95-year-old Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium.

The concert will be preceded by a cocktail party and followed by dinner and dancing. Louis and Boston Lyric Opera, is the conductor. Stephen Lord, music director of the Opera Theatre of St.

Fleming was scheduled to sing the new work, but she was forced to withdraw because her mother is ill and was replaced by soprano Kristen Clayton.įleming will perform 'Ebben? Ne andr‹ lontana' from Alfred Catalani's La Wally, 'O mio babbino caro' from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and 'Merc, dilette amiche' from Verdi's I vespri siciliani.Īlso scheduled to perform are tenor Garrett Sorenson, mezzo-soprano Judith Christin, tenor Julian Gavin, soprano Cynthia Lawrence, bass-baritone James Morris, baritone Robert Orth, soprano Emily Pulley, mezzo-soprano Marcia Ragonetti, baritone Charles Taylor, bass-baritone Hao Jian Tian, bass-baritone Stephen West, mezzo-soprano Theodora Hanslowe, and baritone Yalun Zhang. The evening also includes the world premiere of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's one-woman opera At the Statue of Venus.

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