Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “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 ...

The story of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor is Colorado’s own legend. Its aspects of folklore made it an ideal subject for operatic treatment. Its sweeping narrative, however, is just complex enough to ...

Soprano Anna Christy as Baby Doe and baritone Grant Youngblood as Horace Tabor in "The Ballad of Baby Doe." Central City Opera's 60th anniversary production opens Saturday at the Central City Opera ...

A poor young woman divorces her husband over his drinking, gambling and philandering, then catches the eye of a rich man almost twice her age — who leaves his wife for her. A telenovela plot? No, it ...

In 1879, American mining magnate Horace Tabor built a Colorado opera house in 100 days. But his life story would set the stage for a musical drama that has stood as one of America’s most popular ...

Is it a love story, a scandal or a tragedy? American composer Douglas Moore lets opera goers decide for themselves as he retells the story of the rise and fall of Colorado historical figures Horace ...

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 map when ...

In 44 years with the San Francisco Opera, Joe Harris has seen it all. He's worked with Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras, escaped the foul tempers of Luciano Pavarotti, kept mum when singers used ...

Study findings suggest that even babies feel the impact of being at a live show, through both musicians' interactions with an audience and the social experience of being in a crowd. When infants watch ...

It takes a scant five minutes for Baby Driver to feel like one of the best car-chase films of all time. Director Edgar Wright’s first film since Scott Pilgrim vs. the World kicks off with a stellar ...

"She just flew out," Emily Hardman said. One woman was prepared for every aspect of her daughter's birth -- except for the location. Emily Geller Hardman, 35, was 37 weeks pregnant when she attended a ...