In SNL style, Susanna Susannadanna (Anna Christine Woiwood) is carried from the stage by the singing Doo Wah Men, Benjamin Staton, left, Erik Brevik and, in front, Wenjun Liu, at "Opera Goofo." 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
Spoofing opera at the Pikes Peak Opera League’s benefit for the Vocal Arts Festival at Colorado College. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro
In SNL style, Susanna Susannadanna (Anna Christine Woiwood) is carried from the stage by the singing Doo Wah Men, Benjamin Staton, left, Erik Brevik and, in front, Wenjun Liu, at “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Suzy and Pino Bassani supported the opening of the summer opera season at the “Opera Goofo” benefit. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Vocal Arts Festival Stage Director Steven LaCosse from University of North Carolina School of the Arts does a quick change with chairs and microphones during “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Young participants in the Vocal Arts Festival at Colorado College have some fun with the “Opera Goofo” satire “We All Hate Opera.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Participants in the Vocal Arts Festival satirize opera in “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)The tough gals from a pretend Criminal Justice Center perform an “Opera Cell Block Tango” during the “Opera Goofo” entertainment, a benefit for the Vocal Arts Festival at Colorado College. From left: Michele Hammerton, Stephanie Brink, Amy Maples, Zetta Alderman, Victoria Hansen and Judeth Shay Comstock. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Susanne Anselmo congratulates Erik Brevik at the end of Opera Goofo. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Young participants in the Colorado College Vocal Arts Festival have some fun with the “Opera Goofo” satire “We All Hate Opera.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Susan Rae Jensen, left, just back from vacation, greets Solveig Olsen,whose challenge at “Opera Goofo” was to sing the role of a tone-deaf diva making her seventh final world tour. Deliberately going off pitch was one of the toughest things she has done, said Olsen. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Valerie Nicolosi takes center stage at Opera Goofo. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Valerie Nicolosi sings a satire about mezzo sopranos in Opera Goofo. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)When everyone’s not paying attention, the dead opera star (Daniel Brink) comes back to life in “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Vocal Arts Festival singers take a bow at “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Victoria Hansen visits with Charles Schnetzer at “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Valerie Nicolosi, left, doesn’t hide her feelings about sharing the stage with someone with one of those mezzo soprano voices (Amy Maples) in an “Opera Goofo” opera satire. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Connie Joiner, right, delivers a basket of edibles to raffle winner Hedy DuCharme at the Pikes Peak Opera League’s “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)With boa feathers flying, Solveig Olsen becomes the tone-deaf diva on her seventh final world tour in “A Word on My Ear” satire at “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Visiting after Opera Goofo were, from left, Connie Raub, Victoria Hansen, Mark Dempsey and Charles Schnetzer. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Playing some not-so-nice women from the Criminal Justice Center in the satirical “Opera Cell Block Tango” at “Opera Goofo” were Victoria Hansen, left, Zetta Alderman and Judeth Shay Comstock. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Martile Rowland, founder/artistic director and producer of Opera Theatre of the Rockies, gets ready for an evening of fun at “Opera Goofo.” 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Proud parents Sheri and Eric Mason had three daughters in the Vocal Arts Festival “Opera Goofo,” Kirsten, Elizabeth and Leah. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Oh no, he might be dead, sings the melodramatic “Opera Goofo” cast, saying a noisy farewell to PDQ Bach character Daniel Brink, the evening’s pianist as well. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Peggy Shivers, left, and Lila Mori talk music at the “Opera Goofo” evening. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Registering guests at Pikes Peak Opera League’s “Opera Goofo” were, from left, Nedra Engelson, Sheila Pereira and Cindy Crater. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Young people from the Vocal Arts Festival have fun with a satirical “We All Hate Opera” at the “Opera Goofo” benefit. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Teresa Brame, left, discovers that her table mate at the “Opera Goofo” benefit was her favorite teacher from elementary school, Sharon Rice, who taught 5th grade at Douglas Valley Elementary School. Brame is the daughter of Joyce Vogel. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Sherry Hall, right, and her daughter-in-law, Ginny, enjoy their first Opera Theatre of the Rockies benefit. 070814 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
