CU New Opera Workshop (CU NOW)

Gene Scheer returns to CU NOW as guest composer — alongside collaborating librettist Bill Van Horn — with “Polly Peachum,” a rollicking romantic musical comedy set in the early 1700s that depicts the intertwining worlds of government intrigue, London criminal life and the world of theatre. The story follows John Gay as he endeavors to bring his masterpiece “The Beggar’s Opera” to the stage. In the process, he crosses paths with Jonathan Wild — th...