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CU NOW 2026
CU New Opera Workshop of
The Late Signor Zanetti
Public Presentations in Imig Music Theatre
June 12 at 7:30PM and June 14 at 2PM
Visiting Composer Alberto Caruso
Visiting Librettist Mark Campbell
CU Boulder alumnus, and Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning librettist Mark Campbell—together with Italian composer Alberto Caruso—will workshop “The Late Signor Zanetti,” a comic thriller set in Venice in 1823. When the titular character, a horologist, attempts to repair a pocket watch left in his shop by a mysterious stranger, the activities of his typical evening take a surprising and surreal twist.
Composer Fellows' Initiative 2026
Public Presentation June 13
7:30PM Imig Music Theatre
Participating composers’ short opera scenes develop under the guidance of CU NOW industry titans and are then rehearsed, staged, costumed and performed within the summer festival of CU NOW ... and beyond.
CFI Composers under the mentorship of Tom Cipullo and Bud Coleman are
Indigo Farmer
Glenda Luck
Leah Porter Tracy
Luka Vezmar
The Late Signor Zanetti
CAST
Zanetti, a horologist - Tyler Middleton
Albertina, his daughter - Ruby Anderson
Bernardo, his friend - Miguel Ángel Ortega Bañales
Cristina, his sister - Hannah Benson
Daniela, a sex worker and friend - Reagan Hinze
Aldo, a gondolier - Andrew Konopak
CFI CAST
CFI Soprano - Alice Del Simone
CFI Mezzo - Carrina Macaluso
CFI Tenor - Thomas (Tommy) Bocchi
CFI Baritone - Marcus Schaller
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