57 stories by "Ray Mark Rinaldi"
It is tempting to talk about this art gallery in the language used to discuss the performing arts, like theater, opera, orchestra concerts and ballet.
In Colorado, a photograph arts center's current exhibition is curious " and certainly controversial.
At Art Basel Miami Beach, the Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza explores masculinity in a new work and his gallery sells objects from performances.
There is more to the composer than plodding plot lines and marathon nights at the opera house.
Colorado's fine-arts calendar is rich in the coming months with an abundance of high-level live performances and gallery exhibitions.
With its trio of concise and sharply focused exhibitions featuring regional talents, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art stretches its run as the most interesting place to see fresh and i…
Opera Colorado got a hand from donors who reached deep into their pockets even when there was no payback in the form of performances.
I don't know about you, but I need a little optimism in my life.
The upcoming "Nutcracker" performances at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House will be the first time in 16 years the company has refreshed its production so thoroughly with new costumes, sets.
"Sleeping Beauty" has kid appeal, but the music and movement keep the fairy tale interesting to grownups. The show will have performances Oct. 5-14.
What does it say about opera fans that they enjoy the ruthless "Lucia di Lammermoor" so much?
The memorial, now accepting designs, will be "intended as a place where the community and those affected by loss can remember loved ones, seek comfort, strength, peace and hope."
Big shows, new venues, city-wide festivals ... there's a lot of culture coming Denver's way this year. Here are 10 things-in-the-making that warrant serious anticipation.
"The Girl of the Golden West" is a logical choice for Opera Colorado. It's a wonder that it took the company 25 years to produce it. The work is, after all, set in the American West during t…
"The Ballad of Baby Doe" is one of the most successful works of art ever launched in Colorado and it's a privilege to get to see it resurrected by Central City Opera, the company that dreame…
Every production of "The Ballad of Baby Doe" is a major event at Central City Opera. Composer Douglas Moore's tale of romance and ruin in Colorado's early days put the little company on the …
The local opera scene takes some down time in June, but the Metropolitan Opera House in New York is stepping in with encore screenings of its biggest hits from last season at movie theaters …
Denver's Empire Lyric Players perform more Gilbert and Sullivan
Don't miss this: DCPA's "Sweeney Todd" nears its bloody end
As an opera, "The Shining" knows it's good to be King
Whenever a company in the West does this opera set in the West, it's a good bet it will bring something new and interesting to the picture.
The DCPA's new production of "Sweeney Todd" is easily the theater event of the year in Denver.
Opera Colorado has been promoting its premiere of Lori Laitman's "The Scarlet Letter" for so long, you might miss the actual event, which takes place over four nights starting Saturday.
The Denver Public Schools' annual Shakespeare Festival kicks it up a notch this year with an "After-Fest" bringing together a long list of regional performers in the name of The Bard.
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
