The word that the Dallas Opera has commissioned British composer Joby Talbot and American librettist Gene Scheer to tackle the world's highest peak, metaphorically speaking, is eliciting a variety of reactions. "The Dallas Observer" writes that the still-to-be-created opera EVEREST, slated for production in February of 2015, is our "most adventurous commission to date." Read Katie Womack's report on the "effortlessly more...
New at "Theater Jones": the latest edition of Keith Cerny's "Off the Cuff." The Dallas Opera General Director and CEO takes this opportunity to explore why the placement of pieces in musical time matters. Read it right here.
(Photo of Ganges River delta courtesy of more...
Critic Mark-Brian Sonna, who writes for John Garcia’s “The Column” has posted a couple of reviews worth reading for our current...
Yes, it’s been a busy week in these parts – and liable to become busier still with this weekend’s opera party for approximately...
Time to begin a new page of reviews, I think, and we’ll start with Katie Womack’s smart assessment of “La traviata,” being...
After the matinee on Sunday of Handel’s SEMELE, bizarrely, but not unattractively transported to ancient China, and wonderfully well sung by...
I arrived yesterday afternoon in Toronto for a Saturday performance that oddly began at 4:30 in the afternoon. Apparently this is one of the...
Congratulations are due to Michael Kahn, who directed our wonderful production of Romeo and Juliet last season, on being recognized by the Tony...
I need a statistician to figure the odds! At last night’s opening night party following the first performance of The Magic Flute I discovered...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, April 29, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister...
Always looking for great values, “Dallas Morning News” blogger Marjorie Stanfield lasered-in on our fantastic deal for this...
I don’t think I have ever typed the words “drawing nigh” in my life, but here we are, just two days away from what appears to be...
New at “Theater Jones”: the latest edition of Keith Cerny’s “Off the Cuff.” The Dallas Opera General Director and CEO...
In our continuing series, interesting people from the North Texas community are invited to pose three opera-related questions for Dallas Opera...
What’s so controversial about Arts Education? Mmmmm. Just about everything: Who funds it? Who needs it? Who gets it? Join Dallas Opera General...
THREE QUESTIONS FOR KEITH (Why? Because You Really Want to Know) This month’s questions for Dallas Opera General Director and CEO Keith Cerny are...
The word that the Dallas Opera has commissioned British composer Joby Talbot and American librettist Gene Scheer to tackle the world’s highest...
New at “Theater Jones”: the latest edition of Keith Cerny’s “Off the Cuff.” The Dallas Opera General Director and CEO...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 7, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister...
