30 years ago – July 19, 1985
Gilpin County actors are well represented in the Central City Opera production of “Carmen.” As extras, they add local color to the stage. A dozen locals are in the opera, 11 are supernumeraries; one has a speaking part. Most have more than one role. Frack Macri, of the Little Kingdom Players of Teller House fame, has four parts in “Carmen.” He plays two soldiers, an ugly constable of Seville, and has a 36-line speaking part as the gypsy guide. Jed Shields and Brian Salerno play altar boys. Salerno is also in the children’s chorus, and Shields is also a street urchin. Other street urchins are Karen Weisbrod, Jennifer Mills, and Glenn Gain. Weisbrod also plays the part of a rich bambina. Lee Harvey plays a beggar and a townsman. Ted Ellis is a soldier, a picador, and a townsman. Richie Sanchez and Bob Stewart are soldiers and picadors. Dan Monroe is a toreador and a soldier. William C. Russell Jr. plays a mayor and a monsignor. “Carmen,” along with “The Daughter of the Regiment” and “The Desert Song” will run in repertory though the end of the opera season on August 3.
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