Tabor-ing under no illusions Tabor-ing under no illusions

A grandly sung revival of The Ballad of Baby Doe at Central City Opera mines poignance from America’s past and present.

By July 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Happiness indeed Happiness indeed

The nail-biting adventures of Voltaire’s titular hero Candide are hardly more circuitous than those faced by Leonard Bernstein’s 1956 Broadway musical adaptation.

By April 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Silver minings playbook Silver minings playbook

Some operas carry around the shadow of their most famous interpreters more than others.

By July 05, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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Golden but not delicious Golden but not delicious

The cultiest of cult musicals, an All-American take on the Iliad and the Odyssey, the spectacularly witty Golden Apple of John Latouche (words) and Jerome Moross (music), opened Off Broadway in 1953 to some acclaim.

By May 13, 2017 at 10:00 AM
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Matchless! Matchless!

Douglas Moore’s score for The Ballad of Baby Doe has everything that could please and little that could offend.

By May 08, 2017 at 8:00 AM
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Yours, mine and ours Yours, mine and ours

Our own Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin goes all-American with a performance of The Ballad of Baby Doe starring Ruth Ann Swenson, James Morris and Judith Forst.

By August 04, 2014 at 5:38 AM
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