Opera Volunteers International

David Yuen has the patience of a saint talking me through signing into this blog… but here I am!
I just want everyone to know how fabulous Central City and Denver, and Central City Opera, and Central City Opera House Guild and ESPECIALLY our recent conference were… I am so sorry it didn’t work out for [...]

Our long week-end in Denver and Central City was really special. It is tough to decide what was most enjoyable: the company, the conversation, the educational opportunities, the events, the opera?!
The workshops and sessions delivered as usual; I’m sure I’m not the only one who returned with a lot of new ideas and information. The [...]

OVI Keynote Speaker, John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver
Opera Volunteers International opened its 2007 Denver conference with an entertaining, energetic and inspiring speech from Mayor John Hickenlooper, longtime friend of Conference Chair, Nancy Parker. It was very encouraging to hear how much he and his wife support the arts. Normally, the mayor speaks to groups numbering [...]

OVI Conference in Denver
As I pack my briefcase, my suitcase and my mind in anticipation of leaving for Denver/Central City and our Conference 2007, I’m excited about the prospect of meeting, greeting and talking to opera enthusiasts who are so interesting and diverse. Our membership represents 32 states (from one coast to [...]

I’m excited about our conference schedule on Saturday because it is really special! We are taking a bus up the mountain to Central City, an old mining town that that is still beautifully intact. Cornish miners built an Opera House in 1878, and the Central City Opera Company presents an amazing season there every summer. [...]

Denver welcomes OVI conference

It’s getting closer …… and very exciting…..
I’m thinking about workshops and sessions that the conference is offering this year and how they relate to questions and issues here at home. Lyric Opera of Chicago has multi support groups that all have different rules, different personalities and different ways of serving [...]

OVI Conference in Denver
The direction we’re heading these days is west …… and up. Starting in the Mile High City of Denver and then moving up the mountain to Central City, Opera Volunteer’s International’s Conference 2007 checks into the Westin Hotel/Tabor Center on July 19. We have some wonderfully educational [...]