57 stories by "Ray Mark Rinaldi"
family opera: Central City teams with Trinitytonight-sunday. Two of the region's most-respected cultural institutions — the Central City Opera and Trinity United Methodist Church &mda…
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 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…
There's something about opera singer Andrea Bocelli that we can't resist, even after all these years.
Composer Alban Berg's "Lulu" is the kind of opera that rarely gets performed by regional companies.
The Metropolitan Opera's live, high-definition broadcasts to movie theaters have changed opera in America.
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.
The Metropolitan Opera's live HD broadcasts finish up the 2014-15 season with a crowd-pleaser.
There are a dozen good reasons to go see Central City Opera's production of "Dead Man Walking" and one good reason to hesitate.
"Dead Man Walking"Central City Opera, July 5-25 Jake Heggie's 2000 "Dead Man Walking" is the most important opera of the past 20 years, if only because it keeps getting performed in an era …
Opera returned to Denver last weekend after nearly a year off, and it was — as they say in the business — grand to have it back.
When it comes to Denver Arts Week, it's difficult to separate the happenings from the hype.
The Denver Art Museum mixes a rare bit of performance into its mission with this evening's presentation of "Casualties of Modernity" by Kent Monkman, an artist/activist of Cree descent whos…
Is it dance? Maybe. Is it music? Sometimes. Is it comedy or literature, classical or modern, high art or something a little bit lower? That all depends on your personal taste. These events d…
With a guy like Romeo, you already know how the relationship is going to end. Badly. But two Romeos?
These days the National Endowment for the Arts gives most of its $145 million in annual grants to groups, rather than individuals, that have proven track records in their communities.
"Becky Shaw" is the kind of play that reminds us why we go to theater in the first place: to see people who are just like us, only much more interesting. They've got our issues — relat…
The Denver Center Theatre Company continues its evolution into a significant developer of American plays with two new titles set to appear on its stages next season.
There's always good reason to be skeptical when a new play comes along recycling pop hits into a staged musical.
A lucky few — actually, a lucky 22 — people will get to sit in the front two rows of "American Idiot" when it plays in Denver starting next week.
Making Peter Pan fly is the easy part of any stage production based on J.M. Barrie's 1902 story about the boy who never grows up.
For 14 years, the Curious Theatre Company has gifted Denver with its own gift for programming. Curious specializes in presenting the sort of plays you've heard about, and wanted to see, but …
