Welcome to High Desert Opera's Home Page!

Welcome Everyone to High Desert Opera's Website! We hope you will feel a little of our excitement and pride as you enjoy our site. We are a young and growing nonprofit company, founded by a love of great vocal music and dedicated to creating excellent productions.

If you are already an opera buff, you can feed your thirst for opera without having to travel. If you are not yet an opera buff, we intend to make you one.

To read reviews of our recent performances click on Events

High Desert Opera's 9th Season 2011-12

New Year's Eve & Encore performance of Lerner & Loewe's "Camelot"
2012 Summer Festival performance of Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love"

HIGH DESERT OPERA FUNDRAISER: THE SWEETHEART GALA FEB 4, 2012

Participate in our inaugural fundraiser The Sweetheart Gala. Enjoy an elegant evening of fine food, dancing and entertainment. Dance to the music of Scott Betts and Hot Tub Jazz. Thrill to Broadway and classical selections performed by Jim Werner and other High Desert artists. Take part in the Silent Auction.

Saturday, February 4, 2012 6.00 pm - 11:00 pm

Bookcliff Country Club 2730 G Road Grand Junction, Colorado

The cost is $125 per person or call your friends and make it a table of 8 for $800! All proceeds go to the musical support of the Opera. Consult your tax advisor for deductions.

Call 970-250-3545. Reservations required, please. Vegetarian Alternative Menu available upon request with your reservations

See our Events page for Menu and more information.

CAMELOT New Year's Eve with Encore performance January 7th.

Camelot's Legend Lives Again!
The magic and legend of Camelot's Knights of the Round Table came alive in High Desert Opera's New Year's Eve and January 2012 performances.

Our huge and appreciative audiences thrilled once again to the unforgettable music, romance, and authentic sword fighting as we struggled with the possibility of "Might for Right" and loyalty in love and friendship. We would like to thank our fabulous audience, our splendid cast, orchestra, and crew for participating in the epic Lerner and Loewe musical. We have received wonderful feedback on this production, especially praising our singers and musicians, the towering sets, delightful dancers, and great costumes.

Long Term Goal of the High Desert Opera

"Our goal is to continue our annual New Year's Eve performance and to build our summer opera performance into a ten day Summer Opera Festival that will involve the entire community and become a popular annual destination for travelers and opera lovers.

Opera is one of life's great delights. Come and join with us as we bring Grand Opera to Grand Junction."