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Planning Your Visit


Before you attend an Opera Colorado production, here are a few helpful hints to make your experience a great one!

Accessibility
The Ellie Caulkins Opera House is in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). For information on accessible seating and requirements, visit our Accessibility page.

Attire
While there is no dress code, many of our patrons enjoy dressing up for the opera. Opening nights are generally "black-tie" - it's not unusual to see tuxedos and elegant dresses. For an evening performance, we typically recommend business or cocktail attire. Sunday matinees are slightly more casual, with men in sport coats and women in nice dresses or pantsuits.

Directions
Driving Directions to the Denver Performing Arts Complex from I-25: Take I-25 toward downtown Denver. Take the Speer Boulevard South exit. Follow Speer Boulevard to Arapahoe Street (past Elitch's and the Pepsi Center). Turn left on Arapahoe Street. The Denver Performing Arts Complex is located on your right, between 13th and 14th Streets off Arapahoe Street. The Ellie Caulkins Opera House is located at the east end of the Complex, on 14th Street.

Parking and Transportation
Please allow plenty of time for parking. Shows begin promptly. Check your tickets for show times. If you arrive late, you will be locked out of the show until intermission! Check out parking and transportation information online! 

The Denver Performing Arts Complex Garage : ARRIVE EARLY!
The garage is often full one hour prior to the performance. Please note: an early arrival will afford you plenty of time for parking and finding your seats. All evening shows start promptly at 7:30 pm. All matinees begin at 2:00 pm. Please note that the Public Works department of the City of Denver has raised the event parking rate at the DPAC garage to $10.

The Colorado Convention Center Parking Garage
The garage offers 1,000 additional parking spaces conveniently adjacent to the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The garage is linked to the Denver Performing Arts Complex via an uncovered bridge. Enter the garage off of Speer at Champa Street. Parking is the same price as at the DPAC garage, but is often much less crowded.

RTD Light Rail
RTD Denver's Light Rail system is an easy and convenient system of transportation to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Visit RTD Denver's website for schedules, maps and other information.

Area Restaurants
We encourage you to enjoy drinks or dinner before the show at one of the area establishments. Click on the following restaurants for menus and availability. To find more restaurants, visit the Denver Dining Guide. Reservations are strongly recommended for downtown restaurants; for easy reservations, use opentable.com.

Kevin Taylor Restaurants:
-Restaurant Kevin Taylor
-Prima at Hotel Teatro*
-Limelight Supper Club and Lounge
-Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House
Rioja
Tamayo
Bistro Vendome
Samba Room*
Cru Wine Bar
Gallagher's Steak House*
Alto Restaurant
Baur's Ristorante
Corner Office Restaurant and Martini Bar*
Oceanaire Seafood Room

*open for lunch on Sundays

Picking Up Tickets at Will-Call
Tickets that have been placed in Will-Call can be picked up at the Ellie Caulkins Box Office, which is open one and a half hours prior to curtain. The Ellie Caulkins Opera House Box Office is located just right of the entrance to Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House, at the top of the stairs, next to the Temple Buell Theatre.

Pre-Performance Lecture
Lobby doors open approximately an hour before curtain. There will be a thirty-minute lecture prior to each performance. Lectures are held one hour before curtain time in the orchestra section and are free to all ticket holders. We welcome you to join us to learn a little more about the opera and ask questions.