Monthly Archive "April2010"
The Next Round is on Robert
Word today that Waco native Robert Wilson, innovative director/designer par excellence (“Einstein on the Beach,” etc.), is the winner of the Jerome Robbins Award which carries with it a $100,000 cash prize. Bravo! Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media & PR
Falling Through the Slatkins
I remember a few years back, being shocked to see a top prize winner walk onstage with a score to a very simple piece by Mozart – and proceed to use it throughout his piano recital. Evidently, something of the same feeling of uneasiness settled over the Met the other night, when it became clear [...]
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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
