Wheeler Opera House

History Tour
2023-09-27 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-09-20 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-08-23 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-08-16 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-07-26 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-07-19 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-07-12 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-07-05 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Denver) and 1 more date | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Enjoy a guided tour inside the center of Aspen’s arts and cultural scene since it was built in 1889. This free tour led by the Aspen Historical Society and in partnership with the City of Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House offers an insider’s look at the iconic building, including its recent renovations and storied past.
Meet in the lobby. Maximum 20 guests.

Los Chicos del 512: The Selena Experience
2023-09-17 17:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
The members of Los Chicos del 512 came to together for one reason. That one reason is to bring the magic of Selena to old and new fans worldwide. Since the group’s inception in 2014, they have been successfully doing just that. Having sold out venue after venue and with a most recent performance for the Chicago Bulls and the Marines in Okinawa, Japan, Los Chicos del 512 are on fire! This show is a mind-blowing experience and the closest one can get to live a Selena concert. Simply, the best Selena tribute production out there! These musicians came together and orchestrated an extraordinary show that will have you back to 1995 within seconds of their first song. Los Chicos del 512 will bring to you the finest Selena tribute that you can possibly imagine.
Now, get ready to sing, dance and relive Selena!

DanceAspen SOLSTICE
2023-08-26 19:30, 2023-08-25 19:30 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Wheeler Opera House presents SOLSTICE, DanceAspen’s first summer presentation at the peak of dance excellence. For the program, DanceAspen welcomes nationally acclaimed and award-winning choreographer Matthew Neenan who will curate a brand new work for the company artists. DanceAspen is also honored to be the first American company to premiere two works by internationally esteemed creator Cayetano Soto who brings his iconic pieces from Barcelona, Spain. Audiences will be transported through the lens of these visionaries in an evening of dance you won’t want to miss. Visit our News & Media page for more information about this performance and more!

ABOUT DANCEASPEN
DanceAspen was founded as a way to keep dance alive in Aspen after the global pandemic tore through the dance community worldwide. It was established to create space for the artists to continue honing their craft and share their passion with the community. Since the formation of DanceAspen in 2021, the company has made leaps and bounds in becoming an integral part of the arts community in Aspen and the greater dance community abroad. DanceAspen’s repertoire includes works by esteemed choreographers from around the globe including Danielle Rowe, Penny Saunders, Yue Yin, Sebastian Kloborg and more. The company also provides opportunities for their company artists to grow through choreography and collaboration, fostering the next generation of choreographers and creators.

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-08-19 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: Contemporary music with Christopher Theofanidis and Matthew Aucoin

Consensual Improv in The Vault
2023-08-15 19:30 (America/Denver) | The Vault at the Wheeler, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Consensual Improv was formed in 2016 and has been winging it ever since. Composed of comedians and actors living in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, their shows are an interactive and hilarious journey with the audience at the helm. The group has been a regular at the Aspen Laugh Festival and shared the bill with Trevor Noah, Second City, and the late, great Norm MacDonald. Current members include Al Atkinson, Kristin Carlson, Gerald DeLisser, Eliphalet (Miller) Ford, Nina Gabianelli, Emily Henley, Ryan Honey, Brian Keleher, Mike Monroney, Zoe Rom, Jeff Patterson, Jack Trembath, and Cassidy Willey.
“We are really excited to be back for a show in the Wheeler Vault,” said Ryan Honey, long-time Consensual Improv cast member. “The Aspen audiences are always a blast, and for the members of Consensual Improv that live in Aspen, it’s especially convenient. So convenient, in fact, those very same members have declared August 15 Bike-to-Work-Day. How nice for them. The rest of us will start training now, so we are in good enough shape to bike to Aspen, be hilarious, and then bike home. If you’ll excuse me, I need to get on my Peloton.”

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-08-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: Opera scenes with Francesca Zambello

AMFS | Vocal Arts Showcase
2023-08-10 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-07-27 17:00 - 19:00, 2023-07-13 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
The stellar young artists of the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program perform works they have polished with the AOTVA’s leading vocal coaches and pedagogues.

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-08-05 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: George Manahan, Chía Patiño, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra

JAS Academy Big Band led by Christian McBride
2023-07-29 19:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
A showcase of the students selected for the 2023 JAS Academy Big Band Sessions, presented by Jazz Aspen Snowmass in collaboration with the Frost School of Music, University of Miami. Twenty-three students representing some of the top music schools around the country, will be led by JAS Academy Artistic Director and eight-time Grammy winning bassist Christian McBride in this exciting night of music.

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-07-29 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: Patrick Summers conductor, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-07-22 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: Art Song with Cameron Stowe and Myra Huang

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-07-15 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: Music Theater with Rachelle Fleming and Andy Einhorn

Terrence McNally’s Tony Award Winning Master Class
2023-07-10 19:30, 2023-07-09 19:30 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
The Aspen Music Festival and School and Theatre Aspen once again collaborate to co-present Terrence McNally’s Tony Award winning Master Class. Maria Callas is brought back to life in this 1995 Broadway play, inspired by the legendary series of master classes given by the opera diva at Juilliard toward the end of her career. The full-length drama puts her center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students – “victims” as she calls them – into giving the performances of their lives while revealing the disappointments in her own life and her relationship with the shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Regarded as “rich, vivid,” and “satisfying” by The New York Times, and a “total triumph” by the Star-Ledger, this classic production comes to life in Aspen’s historic Wheeler Opera House.
Master Class features direction by Tony®, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award winner Joanna Gleason (Into the Woods, The Normal Heart).
Starring as opera star Maria Callas is two-time Tony Award- and two-time Drama Desk Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun, Skeleton Crew).

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-07-08 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: Arias and scenes with Renée Fleming and Kevin Newbury

AMFS | Opera Encounters
2023-07-01 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Wheeler Opera House, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS faculty coach the program’s major emerging talents in arias and scenes. Enjoy excerpts from the repertoire, ravishing voices, and insightful coaching.
Featured artists: Arias and scenes with Renée Fleming and Patrick Summers

Aspen Ideas Festival: The Mind - The Parenting Journey: From Teens to Young Adults
2023-06-29 17:30 (America/Denver) | The Vault at the Wheeler, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
Renowned psychologists Lisa Damour, author of The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, and Laurence Steinberg, author of You and Your Adult Child, delve into the complex landscapes of adolescence and young adulthood in today’s society. Each has devoted their career to studying and understanding adolescents — Damour as a clinical psychologist working with families and organizations and Steinberg as a developmental psychologist and researcher. Together they guide us on the odyssey of parenting, armed with the tools to navigate these complex stages with understanding and connection.
Lisa Damour, Laurence Steinberg

Aspen Ideas Festival: The Mind -'Ten Percent Happier' Live: Ancient Insight on How to Do Life Better
2023-06-28 20:15 (America/Denver) | The Vault at the Wheeler, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
“Self-care” is the buzzword of the moment. But far before face masks and digital detoxes, ancient philosophers were thinking about ways to enhance human flourishing. Tamar Gendler, Yale’s dean of arts and sciences, sits down with Dan Harris, host of the “Ten Percent Happier” podcast, to discuss five ancient secrets to self — and life — improvement.
Tamar Gendler
Interviewer: Dan Harris

Aspen Ideas Festival: Viewpoints - Where the Water Goes: The Next 100 Years of the CO River
2023-06-28 17:30 (America/Denver) | The Vault at the Wheeler, 320 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO, 81611, United States
The Colorado River Compact is 100 years old, and its guidelines for water use across the American West are about to expire. Facing drought, increased population, and disagreements on how to share the water, what policies and technologies could get a new agreement across the finish line? John Entsminger, Nevada’s lead negotiator for the Compact; Bidtah Becker, attorney with the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority; and lifelong expert on river ecosystems Jennifer Pitt shed light on the range of stakeholders, both human and animal, whose needs are up for debate.
Bidtah Becker, John Entsminger, Jennifer Pitt
Moderator: Tillie Walton
