Central City Opera Blog

View Colorado traffic, weather and road conditions before heading to Central City this year

Glenn Alsup — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:47:51 +0000

It sure seems like there are cameras everywhere these days. My guess is that their cost has come down enough to make it economically feasible to use them in a whole host of new ways. They’ve even figured out a way to automatically give me a traffic ticket if I’m not careful at various intersections around the Denver metropolitan area. Parallel [...]

End of year giving and viral marketing techniques

Glenn Alsup — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:45:54 +0000

Recently, we prepared an eMail for a small portion of Central City Opera’ s subscriber base. The title of the eMail was “Share the Spirit” and the subject matter was end-of-year giving to the organization. We do this every year since many of our opera patrons can use the contribution as a tax benefit. Well, I [...]

A beautiful rainbow closes the 2008 festival season.

Glenn Alsup — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:17:54 +0000

The 2008 festival season is now complete. Fortunately, I was able to drive up the hill on Sunday, August 10th to participate in the end-of-season festivities. Every year the final performance is preceded by various activities including; acknowledgements of the personnel that work behind the scenes, awards for the young artists, any special tributes and the [...]

I got lucky in Central City

Glenn Alsup — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:23:38 +0000

When I was growing up our family would go to Virginia Beach every year for summer vacations. One highlight was going to the boardwalk, where my dad would reluctantly buy us all t-shirts. Selling souvenirs must have been quite a business since there were always a lot of shops to choose from. My father didn’t really mind what we [...]

CBS video profile on Central City and our opera house

Glenn Alsup — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:28 +0000

We recently posted a link to a short video profile of Central City and the opera house on Denver’s CBS-4. To kick things off, Emmy-award winning journalist and television anchor Jim Benemann introduces Colorado Getaways producer Doug Whitehead and he quickly dives into the rich history of Central City and the opera house. Like many opera [...]

L’esprit de France: A special thanks to the RMFACC

Glenn Alsup — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:31:28 +0000

On May 16th, my wife and I had the privilege to attend the 2nd annual L’esprit de France event at the Westin Tabor Center in downtown Denver. The evening was organized by the Rocky Mountain French American Chamber of Commerce (www.rmfacc.org). The guest of honor was David Appia, Minister Counselor of Economic Affairs and the [...]

Introduction to Susannah at Pinehurst: Your electronic opera teaser!

Glenn Alsup — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:35:44 +0000

On Friday, April 25th, I took the trip over to the Pinehurst Country Club to hear Pat Pearce talk about this year’s upcoming production of Susannah. I enjoy these events since I get to see and catch-up with all the opera regulars; interestingly, at this event there seemed to be numerous newcomers as well. [audio:http://www.centralcityopera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/teaserintro.mp3] This was [...]

Puccini’s La Bohème: A Live HD broadcast from the Met

Glenn Alsup — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:12:07 +0000

On Saturday, April 5th, I made the trip up to Colorado Mills Mall to see the live HD broadcast of Puccini’s La Bohème. The performance lasted a little over 3 hours and had 2 intermissions. I was interested in participating in the event for several reasons: First, I had volunteered to provide information on the opera, [...]

Family Road Trip to the Central City Opera House

Glenn Alsup — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:27:17 +0000

I thought it would be fun to take the family up to Central City on Easter weekend this year; after all, it was a glorious day in Colorado and as we grow older it seems like we don’t get as many opportunities to take family road trips. We decided to make a day out of it, so we packed the [...]

New Contributing Author: Glenn Alsup

Glenn Alsup — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:21:13 +0000

My name is Glenn Alsup and I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the readers of the Central City Opera Blog. I have been working with the Opera in one way or another for most of this millennium and hope to use this platform to periodically post thoughtful anecdotes on my experiences [...]