Central City Opera (with Grand Orquesta Navarre) DOORS OPEN: 5:00pm MEMBER PRESALE: Thursday, April 21 - 10:00am VIP ON SALE: Friday, April 22nd - 10:00am GA ON SALE: Friday, April 22nd - 10:00am Molly's Spirits VIP Lounge:  Everyone over age 6 must have their own VIP ticket to gain entry to the Molly's Spirits VIP Lounge. Please bring your digital or printed out ticket to the venue to gain entry and pick up your VIP wristband at the Levitt check-in tent upon arrival. VIP tickets are $35.00 per person and include the following:: Access to premium viewing location in the VIP section 1 FREE drink of choice VIP bar access and separate bar line Limited lounge seating (when available - you are encouraged to bring your own blanket & lawn chair to guarantee seating).    FREE GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS: General Admission tickets are one ticket per person. Lawn seating, no chairs are provided. Free ticket holders are asked to arrive at the venue by 20 minutes past showtime, otherwise your ticket may be forfeit​ to walkup guests. ______________________________________________ OPERA HITS with CENTRAL CITY OPERA With special guest Grande Orquesta Navarre as opening act Featuring Central City Opera Touring Artists Christie Conover, soprano Jenée Luquette James, soprano Lindsey Falduto, mezzo soprano Michael Hoffman, tenor Steve Taylor, baritone and Jeremy Reger, piano Get ready for summer! Central City Opera presents a concert of opera and music theater’s “greatest hits” and excerpts from their 2022 Summer Festival, featuring the musical The Light in the Piazza and operetta Die Fledermaus. Performers include CCO. Touring Artists soprano Christie Conover, soprano Jenée Luquette James, mezzo soprano Lindsey Falduto, tenor Michael Hoffman, baritone Steve Taylor, and pianist Jeremy Reger. The CCO Touring Artist roster includes the region’s most talented opera and music theatre performers. Opening for Central City Opera is Grande Orquesta Navarre, a local band that describes themselves as the “heartbeat of an old cabaret orchestra with the modern feel of cutting-edge new music, classical remixes and nuevo tango. Our unique style is both a throwback and a revelation.” Featuring CCO Touring Artist Sara Parkinson on piano, Susan Cahill on double bass, Tom Hagerman on accordion and violin, and Evan Orman on bandoneon and cello. From July 2 – 31, the Central City Opera festival is a four-week extravaganza of storytelling and powerful voices, set in the pictueresque mountain town of Central City. Founded in 1932, Central City Opera is the fifth oldest professional opera company in the country and is renowned for its exquisite world-class productions, competitive and robust young artist training program and creative educational and community engagement activities.