Monthly Archive "March2010"
If You’ve Been Pining for Ava
(Karen Almond Photo) There were a lot of crestfallen faces on music lovers when silver-tongued soprano Ava Pine announced her inevitable move to greener career pastures. But, it makes her homecomings all the more special and there’s one coming up the weekend before the MOBY-DICK world premiere. Ava will present “a delightful program of song,” [...]
Dallas: The Opera
Crewmantle at COMMANDOpera has rightly deduced that the cult television series “Dallas” has all the necessary components (sex, greed, murder) to be considered a natural for the opera stage. And on this 30th anniversary of the most famous episode of them all, “Who Shot J.R.?”, I’d be interested in knowing your casting choices for the leading [...]
Who Can Replace Them?
McKenzie, Sally Freeman Born September 16, 1928 to Sam and Pearl Freeman of Paris, Texas, Sarah Humphries Freeman McKenzie died Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the age of 81. An only child, Sally graduated from Paris High School in 1945 and was her class Valedictorian. She continued her education at Hockaday Junior College, graduating with [...]
The Dallas Opera Guild presents the 2nd place winner in the 2010 Vocal Competition, Soprano Amanda Woodbury
Reclaiming Civilized Time
A genuinely thoughtful essay by Philip Kennicott in the current issue of “Opera News” online. I think he’s correct in his opinion that great opera releases us from the frenetic time-trap in which we find ourselves these days. Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media & PR
Some Enchanted Evening…
There are toothpicks propping open my eyes, but it was, all in all, a terrific evening of song. Read on for details while I try to spot my car in the snow…. DALLAS, MARCH 21, 2010 –The Dallas Opera Guild concluded it’s 22nd annual competition for young opera singers late [...]
Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition
The clock is ticking. Well, I think it is – I can’t really tell by looking. In any event – tomorrow is the Dallas Opera’s annual celebration of young Texas singing talent: The 22nd annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition with thousands of dollars in prize monies on the line. This is a free event, [...]
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UNT’s THEODORA making a stop at the Winspear,...
Theodora February 23 (Denton) and 24 (Dallas) at 7:30 p.m. Ava Pine, Theodora * Ryland Angel, Didymus Richard Croft, Septimius * Jeffrey Snider, Valens * Jennifer Lane, Irene Pre-concert lecture: Dr. Ruth Davis, University of Cambridge, at 6:30 p.m. A tragic tale of love, faith and virtue set in 4th century Antioch, Handel’s oratorio Theodora [...]Heppner on the Roles of a Lifetime
Knowing how tremendously hard tenor Ben Heppner worked to create the role of Captain Ahab in Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s world premiere production of “Moby-Dick” (Dallas Opera, 2010), it’s incredibly gratifying to see that the artist looks back on that difficult process–I mean, YOU try singing for a couple of hours on a peg-leg!–as [...]Proverbial Talk of the Town
Yes, as suspected, the announcement that the Dallas Opera and Cowboys Stadium have partnered for an April 28th live simulcast of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has quickly become the talk of the town. You may select from a variety of journalistic takes on the upcoming event… From Daniel J. Wakin at “The New York Times” Classical Music [...]Opera News
