Exotic And Irrational Opera in Denver-1879-2006

Allen Young was born in Washington, D.C. July 4, 1918. He moved to Denver in 1947 where he joined The Denver Post and in September 1948 became music critic, reviewing theater and film events and records. He did a record review program on classical radio station KFML from 1953 to 1957. He left the Post in 1957, and later that year created The Lively Arts, which he published and edited for two years before going to Cervi’s Journal where he edited the arts pages from 1957 to 1963. From 1963 until 1970 he served as executive Director of Young Audiences, Inc. From 1972 until 1980 he was Associate Editor of the Rocky Mountain Medical Journal for the Colorado Medical Society. Allen has written for Time magazine, Life magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Opera News and Musical America. A weekly columnist in The Daily Journal from 1967 to 1972, he wrote on environmental matters. From 1984 until 1987 he was music reviewer for the Rocky Mountain News and did occasional reviews for that paper until 1996. From 1963 until October 2004 he was Denver correspondent for Variety magazine. In 1993 Allen published a history of opera in Central City.Young, Allen is the author of 'Exotic And Irrational Opera in Denver-1879-2006' with ISBN 9780974959788 and ISBN 0974959782.