About the show
“The Lighthouse” is on the Horizon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE COMPANY’S LANDMARK 250th PRODUCTION THE LIGHTHOUSE A CHAMBER OPERA BY PETER MAXWELL DAVIES ~~~~ Conducted by Maestra Nicole Paiement Staged by DTC Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty Starring Tenor Andrew Bidlack Baritone Robert Orth And Bass Daniel [...]
Tristan: Updated and Upgraded
The Dallas Opera’s upcoming production of “Tristan & Isolde” has been a work-in-progress…literally. Here to explain it all for you is Gregory Sullivan Isaacs of “Theater Jones.” And here’s a look at Jeanne-Michele in all her glory. Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media & PR
“Doctor Miracle” Tonight and Feb. 3rd – Just $5!
If you and the kids or grand-kids haven’t caught the Dallas Opera’s new production of Georges Bizet’s “Doctor Miracle,” you have another chance tonight and next week. Details from KidBeat Columnnist Nancy Churnin of “The Dallas Morning News” and more on the Dallas Opera’s “kid-friendly philosophy” from Wendy Settle of The Assignment Desk at ”Pegasus News. [...]
Wagner’s Star-Crossed Lovers, Tristan and Isolde
By Olin Chism Sometimes episodes from Wagner’s personal life served as the creative spark for later operatic masterpieces. An early example would be a stormy voyage on the Baltic and North Seas that the composer and his first wife, Minna, took in 1839. Wagner wrote in his autobiography that this was the inspiration for The [...]
Music to Warm Your Heart – and Other Bits
As Nancy Churnin of “The Dallas Morning News” notes, there are some terrific kid-friendly options during the cold month of January. Including our next presentation of Georges Bizet’s charming operetta in English, DOCTOR MIRACLE at Dallas Children’s Theater. Info here and you can purchase tickets for the January and February performances for just $5 per [...]
Jukka Buzz
COMMANDOpera is evidently jazzed about the upcoming Dallas Opera–and American–debut of Finnish bass-baritone Jukka Rasilainen as Kurvenal in our February production of Wagner’s “Tristan & Isolde.” Read more of Crewmantle’s remarks here. Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media and PR
You are Invited to THE LIGHTHOUSE
It’s the ticket sale you’ve been waiting for–THE LIGHTHOUSE, now available to the general public in time for holiday gift-giving! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, December 15, 2011 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS PLEASED TO OFFER TICKETS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE EXCLUSIVE LIMITED ENGAGEMENT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE A CHAMBER OPERA BY [...]
See You at NorthPark This Weekend
Missed our earlier performances of George Bizet’s “Doctor Miracle” in a new English language translation? There’s another chance this weekend; details from Marilee Vergati at Dallas Dance Examiner. Thanks, Marilee! Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media & PR
Sign Up for Free Tickets to Final “Lucia”
You could be the winner of a pair of tickets to the final performance (Sunday, November 6th matinee at 2:00 PM) of the Dallas Opera’s critically acclaimed revival of “Lucia di Lammermoor” in the Winspear Opera House. For details, look to KERA’s “Art and Seek” blog (link below). Good luck! Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media & [...]
Priceless
You just have to read it, “Savor the Days,” about a first excursion to the Dallas Opera, and remember that this is one of the many reasons we chose classical music and opera to be our life, as well as our profession. Seriously. (Photo courtesy of Savor the Days) Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media & PR
TDO News
“The Lighthouse” is on the Horizon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE COMPANY’S LANDMARK 250th PRODUCTION THE LIGHTHOUSE A CHAMBER OPERA BY PETER MAXWELL DAVIES ~~~~ Conducted by Maestra Nicole Paiement Staged by DTC Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty Starring Tenor Andrew Bidlack Baritone Robert Orth And Bass...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 [...]Opera News
