Opera Colorado updates Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman,” setting the old folk tale in the present. The piece returns Feb. 24-March 3 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House
"Le Comte Ory" stands out as a bubbly delight, enjoyed because its uplifting, energetic, and joyous melodies are a contrasting tonic for today’s tough times.
The next to last of Rossini’s 39 operas, the piece has long been overshadowed by the composer’s better-known masterpieces like “The Barber of Seville.”