Kelsie Furst is the Executive and Artistic Director of Loveland Opera Theatre, a regional opera company serving Northern Colorado. She brings over 30 years of performance experience, including more than a decade of operatic and musical theater work with Loveland Opera Theatre and Opera Fort Collins.

An accomplished performer, Furst has appeared with a variety of chamber ensembles premiering new works and has performed with the Fort Collins Symphony, the Denver Young Artist Orchestra, and the Centennial Children’s Chorus. Her broad musical background informs her collaborative and community-centered approach to artistic leadership.

Deeply passionate about arts education, Furst has played a key role in performing in and producing Loveland Opera Theatre’s Dahlen Educational Outreach Programming, which brings opera and musical storytelling directly to students through school tours and immersive, in-theatre experiences. Her dedication to engaging young audiences reflects her belief in the transformative power of music and storytelling and her commitment to cultivating the next generation of arts patrons and performers.

When she’s not running an opera company or seeking out performance opportunities, she enjoys running a bustling household with her husband Edward, and has 4 children ages three to eleven. The Furst’s love travel, the outdoors, attending performances, home improvement projects, and being the weird eccentric neighbors who always have classical music blasting through their windows.

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