Guest Artist: Art Song Colorado with Eapen Leubner, tenor

Colorado Mesa University welcomes tenor Eapen Leubner and Art Song Colorado for a performance of Schubert's beloved song cycle, Die schöne Müllerin. This Grand Junction stop on Art Song Colorado’s tour features CMU faculty guitarist Javier de los Santos bringing fresh instrumental color to one of the great works of the German Lied repertoire.

This season, Colorado Mesa University presents two performances exploring Franz Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin from different angles — first as a voice a guitar setting, then reimagined as English-language opera.

One classic song cycle, two transformations. Colorado Mesa University and Art Song Colorado present a season-long exploration of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin — from a voice and guitar setting to a brand-new operatic retelling, presented on April 9 and 10.

Same story, two ways. Join CMU and Art Song Colorado as Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin journeys from classic song cycle to new opera this season.

Eapen Leubner began his professional singing career at age 10 when he recorded radio jingles and novelties songs. Eapen Leubner’s career began as a lyric tenor specializing in 20th and 21st Century Opera. With impressive reviews from Opera News, the New York Times and Musical America, he brings passion to all aspects of his multifaceted career. After graduating Ithaca College, SUNY Binghamton, Eapen was a young artist with Tri-Cities Opera and Opera Colorado. Over his career he has performed leading roles from coast to coast with Chelsea Opera, Bronx Opera, Encompass New Opera Theatre and Opera Fairbanks among many others. Eapen has sung in numerous world premiere and new music productions such as "Glory Denied" (Chelsea Opera), "Dierdre" (Encompass New Opera Theatre) and the stage premiere of the revised, "Die Drei Pintos" by Gustav Mahler (Bronx Opera). Now a producer, he runs Art Song Colorado and is an executive producer for the Opera 2030 project in the Pikes Peak Region. As the founder of Art Song Colorado, he leads a team to create original, theatrical art song performances alongside classical recitals. He has produced six albums as part of the DASP Productions label including the world premiere cast recording of Colorado Sky, a new opera by Ben Morris and Laura Fuentes, and El Rebelde, new songs by Gabriela Lena Frank performed and co-produced by Andrew Garland. When not creating artistic projects, Eapen enjoys eating ethnic foods with his family and playing Dungeons & Dragons.