![Photo: Scarlet Letter rehearsal 7](https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/06/img_6900-1.jpg)
Opera Colorado debuts "The Scarlet Letter" on Saturday at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. The two-act opera is based on the famous Nathaniel Hawthorne 1850 novel of the same name, and had a number of financial setbacks that delayed its initial professional premiere in 2013.
![Photo: David Mason, former Colorado poet laureate](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/06/david_delphi_b_and_w-1.jpg)
Mason spoke with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner.
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