The Ballad of Baby Doe
Date & Time
Saturday, July 4, 2026
JUL 04, 2026
Location
Denver, CO
Price
Not specified
About This Event
Seventy years ago, The Ballad of Baby Doe received its world premiere at Central City Opera. This summer, the opera returns home in a new production that coincides with America's semiquincentennial and Colorado's sesquicentennial — three milestones converging on a single stage. Based on the true story of silver baron Horace Tabor and the young woman who scandalized Denver society to be with him, The Ballad of Baby Doe captures pioneering ambition, passionate love, and devotion that outlasted fortune itself. Legendary soprano and CCO alumna Cynthia Lawrence directs, with new scenic design by Lawrence E. Moten III and costumes by Lynly A. Saunders. The cast features bass-baritone Weston Hurt as Horace Tabor, soprano Emily Pulley as Augusta Tabor, and soprano Virginia Mims in her role debut as Baby Doe. Aaron Breid conducts.