Past Shows

Pauline Viardot

A fairy tale comes to life on the stage of the Rialto Theater in this Colorado premier of Cinderella. This french version of the Cinderella features many of the classic story with a step-father instead of a step-mother. Both digital and practical magic enhanced the production from October 2021.

Gian-Carlo Menotti

This classic one-act opera by Gian-Carlo Menotti has delighted audiences for decades. The story involves a young boy and his mother who offer shelter to the three Magi on their way to Bethlehem. We presented this production in both Loveland and Arvada Colorado in December 2019.

W.A. Mozart

Paintings by famous French Impressionist artist provide both the inspiration and the starting point for Mozart's Così fan tutte - A School for Lovers. Questions of love and fidelity are explored when two young soldiers accept a bet from an old "cynic of love" on the faithfulness of their fiances. The girl's maid makes things even more interesting, and everyone learns a lesson in the end.

Franz Lehar

Three parties in three acts - Paris in 1895 is the setting for this comic operetta, brimming with gorgeous and memorable music, intriguing characters, and a plot that twists and turns. The Merry Widow is one of the most well-loved and most-performed operettas of all time.

Otto Nicolai

Set in 1950s suburbia, our modern twist on classic the classic Shakespeare comedy was a delight to all the senses.

Gilbert & Sullivan

pirates, Pirates, PIRATES!  Penzance was alive with practical pirates, crazy constables, and naïve nieces as LOT delivered this rollicking classic to the stage of the Rialto Theater.

Forrest & Wright

Ancient Bagdad never looked so good!  The sweeping melodies based on the classic music of Alexander Borodin was brought to life in this luscious Golden Age musical.

Gilbert & Sullivan

This comedy, set in the town of Titipu, Japan, left all gasping for breath with non-stop nonsense.

Giacomo Puccini

Emotional and moving, this tragic love story thrilled our audiences with both musical and visual beauty.

Gilbert & Sullivan

Ship Ahoy!  True Love triumphed over all as the Lass That Loved The Sailor came alive to delight both young and old.

"LOT Meets the Marx Brothers"
A LOT Original

It's the last night and the last show for New York's historic Rialto Theatre. True love (and other love) hangs in the balance. Who will save the show and the theater? LOT's one-act operetta was pared with a showing of the classic comedy "A Night at the Opera" for a unique opera/movie mashup.