109 stories by "Ray Mark Rinaldi"
ballet: A "Nutcracker" with roots in Russiatonight-saturday. The Moscow Ballet company consists of dancers with Russian training, best-known for its annual tour of the "Great Russian
There are so many options for holiday dance concerts this season, with every group in town getting into the lucrative game of presenting pleasant fare at year's end. But it's all meant to st…
Singer Hilary Kole has become a regular guest with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra tapping her versatility as a vocalist to keep the visits fresh.
There's something about opera singer Andrea Bocelli that we can't resist, even after all these years.
Arts groups crash but they rarely burn. We see it all the time: a financial crisis, a plea for help and a comeback.
To be a great arts organization you have to produce great art. First. You have to put on the kind of shows that win hearts and change lives, that make people comfortable and then make them
Composer Alban Berg's "Lulu" is the kind of opera that rarely gets performed by regional companies.
Opera Colorado began its Saturday performance of "Aida" with some victorious news, then followed that up with a winning show.
Alexandra LoBianco is the kind of soprano the opera world adores. She has a big voice and a good attitude.
"Great Scott" is an opera about every beastly thing about opera, so it is possible the work's inventors meant to create a beast.
The SCFD board of directors Thursday took a step toward ending the debate over how public arts funding should be distributed in the region Thursday, reaffirming a plan it previously approved…
The Metropolitan Opera's live, high-definition broadcasts to movie theaters have changed opera in America.
Twenty years is a long time in professional ballet, a business where everyone sees your promise at 19 and watches for your knees to crumble before 30.
The Chinese folk tale "Nasirdin Afandi" has been around for centuries, taking different forms across international borders over time.
Wonderbound contemporary dance company has always been good about sharing the spotlight with other creative types, working with local musicians to create events that are somewhere between d…
The Colorado Ballet takes it show up the road this weekend with an "An Evening Under the Stars" at the Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheater.
There are only two bits of good advice you need in regard to Nathan Hall's "Ghost Light" currently playing at Boettcher Concert Hall.
No patch of open land is more important to Denver's history than Civic Center. Developed in the 1910s, just as the city itself was exploding, the park served as sacred space for political ra…
For a quarter century, there have been two distinct — and separate — fine arts scenes in Colorado.
The musical adaptation of "Cold Mountain" arrived at the Santa Fe Opera Saturday night with all of the expectations a very good idea provokes.
What every great soprano needs most is infrastructure. No Brünnhilde hits her high notes without the serious support system that got her up there: the vocal coaches and wigmakers; the …
The classical arts connect the dots for every culture. The great operas, symphonies, stories, plays and dances last beyond the eras of the artists who create them, crossing generations, con…
The classical arts connect the dots for every culture. The great operas, symphonies, stories, plays, dances - they last beyond the eras of the artists who create them, crossing generations,…
Another year, another strategy for the Central City Opera. At least that's how it can feel for the company's long-time patrons.
This offbeat evening offers some unusual pairings. The traditional Boulder Opera joins with the adventurous Opera on Tap for a program that combines Act I of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" and Ac…
