In this e-newsletter read all about Mozart's best-loved opera, The Magic Flute, opening this Friday, October 16th, and running for two weekends only.
Take a look at your calendar because upcoming theatre events include a gore make-up workshop this weekend and Judd Farner's acting recital, featuring several guests, next weekend.
Read on for details about a Tasteful Tuesday Art Discussion, two performances of the Student Dance Concert, two Virtuoso Series Concerts, and the infamous Halloween Organ Extravaganza.
And don't miss a rare treat! Mezzo-soprano Joy Davidson returns to Fort Collins for one performance of her acclaimed show Maria: The Life and Loves of Maria Callas.
The CSU Marching Band performed for enthusiastic fans at last Sunday's Denver Broncos game. Read more. Meet Me at the UCA soon,
Jennifer Clary
Marketing Director, CSU School of the Arts |
| THE MAGIC FLUTE OPENS FRIDAY |
 CSU Opera Theatre presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's final operatic masterpiece, Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute).
Join us for four performances of The Magic Flute, which has enchanted young and old alike for over two centuries. The production is the CSU Opera Theatre directorial debut of CSU Opera Director and former Metropolitan Opera baritone, David Malis, and is conducted by CSU maestro, Wes Kenney.
The beautiful, magical, and often nonsensical fairy tale The Magic Flute premiered in Vienna to a sold-out house on September 30, 1791, just two months before Mozart's death. The opera enjoyed immediate success and lifted the spirits of the ill composer. It is written in the popular German Singspiel format and the CSU Opera Theatre production features songs in German with English dialogue. Read more.
Friday, October 16, Saturday, October 17, and Friday, October 23, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, October 25, 2 p.m., in the Griffin Concert Hall at the University Center of the Arts. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $20/adult - Tickets available at www.csutix.com. |
| YPO and ZING! THEATRE |
 For Halloween, the Young Producers' Organization presents a Gore Make-Up workshop! Workshops are free, open to all students and taught by special guests, local artists in the community, and CSU professors. NOTE date change.
When & Where
Saturday, October 17, noon - 3 p.m., B theatre dressing room, University Theatre at the University Center of the Arts. FREE
 The Young Producers' Organization (YPO) presents A Night with Judd, featuring performances by Senior Theatre Major Judd Farner and friends, including CSU students Megan Guidarelli and Ben Wasser, CSU Theatre alumni Dan Tschirhart, and CSU professor and Bas Bleu Artistic Director Wendy Ishii. Come enjoy live performances as well as filmed scenes. All proceeds will go to the growth and development of YPO. When & Where
Friday, October 23, 7:30 p.m., in the University Theatre at the University Center of the Arts. $5 - Tickets available at www.csutix.com. |
| TASTEFUL TUESDAY ART DISCUSSION ABOUT POSTERS |
 16th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition (CIIPE) highlights excellence in poster design from leading and emerging graphic designers from around the globe. Now in its 30th year the exhibition will be featured, for the first time, in one venue at the University Art Museum. Read more.
Tasteful Tuesday Art Discussion - Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition: Why posters still matter in the age of digital communication.
Join museum curators at the University Art Museum for insightful conversations about art, culture, and works displayed in the museum. Conversations continue at neighboring El Monte Bar and Grill with discounts on food and drinks. Conversations begin in the main gallery of the museum and are FREE and open to the public
When and Where
Tuesday, October 20, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., University Art Museum, University Center for the Arts. FREE admission. |
| HALLOWEEN ORGAN EXTRAVAGANZA |
 The wildly popular Halloween concert returns to the Casavant organ in its new home at the University Center for the Arts. The annual event features costumed performers playing thematic organ music, Program performed by Joel Bacon, organ students and other guests. Read more.
When & Where
Saturday, October 31, 7 p.m., 9 p.m., and 11 p.m. in the Organ Recital Hall, UCA. $3/CSU students, $3/youth (2 - 17), $5/adults - Tickets available at www.csutix.com.
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| STUDENT DANCE CONCERT |
 A CSU dance tradition since 1987, don't miss this year's opportunity to see a variety of dances choreographed and performed by CSU dance students. This concert gives both new and experienced choreographers, performers, and designers valuable experience. When & Where
Thursday, October 29, Friday, October 30, 8 p.m., in the University Dance Theatre, UCA. $6/CSU students, $6/youth (2 - 17), $8/seniors, $10/adults - Tickets available at www.csutix.com.
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| SPECIAL OPERA GUEST JOY DAVIDSON, MEZZO-SOPRANO |
 Colorado State University School of the Arts welcomes internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joy Davidson for one Fort Collins performance only of Maria: The Life and Loves of Maria Callas.
The performance is presented in collaboration with Opera Fort Collins (OFC), sponsored in-part by the Griffin Foundation, and is a fundraiser for the OFC Apprentice Artist Program at CSU.
The acclaimed play features Fort Collins native Joy Davidson as one of the most controversial operatic figures of our time. A woman of incredible contrasts: revered and reviled; glorified and pitied; powerful and helpless; explosive and vulnerable. All of this, and so much more, constituted the persona of the tempestuous prima donna the world knew as Maria Callas. Davidson has also appeared as Ms. Callas in Master Class and has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala Milano, New York City Opera and many others.
Her performance at Colorado State University will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Read more.
When & Where
Sunday, November 1, 4 p.m., Organ Recital Hall at the University Center of the Arts. $25 - Tickets available at www.csutix.com.
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VIRTUOSO SERIES - CELLO & ORGAN |
 Cello and Organ Duo - Many pieces have been composed for the great combination of cello and organ. Cellist Barbara Thiem, artist-in-residence, and Joel Bacon, Stuart and Sheron Golden Chair of Organ and Liturgical Studies, are excited to present duo music that shows off the range of the Casavant organ in its new space, as it is joined by the cello. Read more.
Monday, October 19, 7:30 p.m., Organ Recital Hall, University Center for the Arts. $5/CSU students, $1/youth (2 - 17), $10/adult - Tickets available at www.csutix.com
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