COMPANY PROFILES Jason Allen
Michael Baitzer
John Baril
Aleksey Bogdanov°
Ken Cazan
Anna Christy
Judeth Shay Comstock
Jose Maria Condemi
Jennifer DeDominici
Jason Ducat°
Resident Wig/Makeup Designer and Supervisor Central City Opera: Wig and Makeup Co-Designer/Supervisor, 2011 Recently: Wig and Makeup Designer, Waitress and Straight White Men, Broadway; Primetime Emmy-nominated Makeup Artist
Central City Opera Music Director Conductor: Rigoletto Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Billy Budd, 2019; Encore: A Musical Revue, 2019 and 2018; Il trovatore, 2018; Così fan tutte, 2017 Recently: Die Fledermaus, Northwestern University; Les pêcheurs de perles, Toledo Opera; Il barbiere di Siviglia and Roméo et Juliette, Virginia Opera
Director: Carousel Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Billy Budd, 2019; Acis and Galatea and The Face on the Barroom Floor, 2018 Recently: Professor of Opera/Resident Stage Director, USC Thornton School of Music; Director/Co-librettist, Frau Schindler (World Premiere), Gärtnerplatz Theatre, Munich; Director, As One (World Premiere), American Opera Projects and Brooklyn Academy of Music
Actor: Mrs. Mullin, Carousel Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Bronwen, How Green Was My Valley (World Premiere), 2014; Papagena, The Magic Flute with Colorado Symphony, 2002 Recently: Virginia, Hands on a Hardbody, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Mother, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs; Muriel, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
Mezzo-Soprano: Carrie Pipperidge, Carousel Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Soloist, CCO Al Fresco, 2020; Encore: A Musical Revue, 2019 and 2018 Recently: Soloist, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Denver Philharmonic Orchestra; Francesca, (Henry Award, Outstanding Actress), The Bridges of Madison County, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Guenevere, Camelot, Intermountain Opera Bozeman
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Director/Administrator, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program Central City Opera: Principal Coach, 2021-2012; Music Staff 2004-1999 Recently: Head of Music Staff, Washington National Opera; Faculty, University of Maryland
Baritone: Rigoletto, Rigoletto Recently: Scarpia, Tosca, Austin Opera; Crespel, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Gran Teatre del Liceu; Sharpless, Madama Butterfly, Tulsa Opera
Soprano: Julie Jordan, Carousel Central City Opera: (Partial Listing) Soprano Soloist, Mozart Requiem with Denver Philharmonic, 2019; Baby Doe, The Ballad of Baby Doe, 2016; Susanna, Le nozze di Figaro, 2014; Emily Webb, Our Town, 2013 Recently: Soloist, The East Land Symphony, Carnegie Hall (U.S. Premiere); Soloist, Messiah, Colorado Symphony; Fire/Princess/Nightingale, L'enfant et les sortilèges, Philadelphia Orchestra
Director: Rigoletto Central City Opera: Carmen, 2017 Recently: Die Fledermaus, San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Joan of Arc, New Orleans Opera; Frida, Atlanta Opera
Sound Designer: Carousel and Rigoletto Recently: Sound Designer, The Pavilion, Aurora Fox Arts Center; Company Sound Designer, Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Resident Sound Designer, Colorado Shakespeare Festival
