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In spite of the location, there has been an impressive list of international opera stars who have appeared in Denver. These include Plácido Domingo , Catherine Malfitano , James McCracken , and Pilar Lorengar in the first season, and following seasons have seen Justino Diaz , Eva Marton , Cornell MacNeil , James Morris , Sherrill Milnes , and Samuel Ramey appear in Opera Colorado productions. With his appointment as Artistic Director of the company in 2000, James Robinson set about re-configuring the hall to provide a three-quarter thrust stage. However, that location required the use of microphones, which “if you tried to sing in that big cavern of a space without amplification, the voices would simply go nowhere”, noted Peter Russell , the new President and General Director appointed in 2001. Both men came from solid opera backgrounds: Robinson's work has been seen New York City Opera , Santa Fe Opera , Houston Grand Opera , Los Angeles Opera , Opera Ireland , and many more, while Russell joined Opera Colorado after leading the Lindemann Young Artist Program at the Metropolitan Opera following his directorship of Wolf Trap Opera . However, beginning in September, 2005, Opera Colorado moved its performances to the new Ellie Caulkins Opera House . This move to a house conducive to the proper presentation of opera has led to increases in the donor base and subscribers for the present season. It will also allow the company to work with others on co-productions in ways which were not possible before. As Russell notes the effect of the new opera house: “(it) has changed the complexion of this opera company in a way that is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience”. In addition to performances in the theatre, education and outreach performances have been given in countless schools, community centers, assisted living facilities in the Denver metro. Since 2002, Opera Colorado's education programs have grown by 278% and served nearly 25,000 people in 2004. EXTERNAL LINKS AND SOURCES
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