You asked for it you got it. We have secured a block of tickets for Opera Colorado's production of Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio." Our seats are in the front rows of the balcony in the new beautiful Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the DCPA. These tickets sell to the public for $57, they are available to us for $50, including tax and handling charges. Please RSVP to Laura by April 14, 2006 at cilt@comcast.net.

Opera Colorado says -Opera Colorado's The Abduction from the Seraglio is a co-production with Houston Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Pacific, and Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

"[James Robinson's production] sets the story in the 1920's on the Orient Express, as it steams from Istanbul to Paris. Allen Moyer's brilliant set presents several cars on the train, authentically rendered in all its burnished-marquetry splendor. Anna R. Oliver's delightful costumes derive from one of Hollywood's most glamorous eras."
--Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe, November 8, 2002

Opera Colorado's inaugural season at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House ends on a high note with four performances of Mozart's romantic comedy The Abduction from the Seraglio. In a much praised re-setting, stage director James Robinson moves the action from 18th-century Turkey to the 1920's and the famed Simplon Orient Express. With some of Mozart's most spellbinding and complex arias, this verson of The Abduction will delight you with suspense and romantic romps in train compartments and hallways, with scenes choreographed side-by-side. Will Belmonte find and rescue Konstanze? Will the Pasha win Konstanze's heart? Will kindness or treachery win the day? Transport yourself to this grand opera experience and watch the action unfold.

Peter Russell, President and General Director of Opera Colorado, recommends this recording for THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: EMI c.d. with Anneliese Rothenberger and Nicolai Gedda, with Josef Krips conducting.