When members of Single Carrot Theatre put on Illuminoctem last November, they used a classic storyline — destiny brings boy and girl together, they fall in love at first sight and, despite adversity, are united in the end.
The last time Cynthia Lawrence sang with world-renowned operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti, he gave her a one-eyed glance to see where she was going to land before she plunged backward off a wall in Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca.
They’re in company with this year’s Grammy nominees Coldplay and Radiohead. CU Boulder’s resident string quartet, the Takács Quartet was nominated for a Grammy this year in the category of best chamber music performance.
