Ellie calkins biography of william shakespeare

Eleanor Caulkins is a patron of the arts known as the First Lady of Opera in Denver, Colorado.^[1] Caulkins is the namesake of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, the second largest performing arts center in the world. In 2011, Opera America awarded her their National Opera Trustee Award.^[2]

Early life and education

Born in 1937,^[3] Caulkins graduated from the Beard School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, New Jersey in 1954.

After marrying her husband, George Caulkins, she moved to Colorado.^[4] Caulkins earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Colorado Denver in 1977 after graduating Phi Beta Kappa. During her studies, she took a course titled Opera as Literature taught by English professor Dick Dillon, which sparked her long-term interest in opera.

In 2010, the university awarded her their Alumni Recognition Award.^[5] The next year, the University of Colorad History of DCPA - Denver Center for the Performing Arts LECUP