News Releases
The Magic Flute Comes to TDO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE FINALE OF THE “TRAGIC OBSESSIONS” SEASON: MOZART’S MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE! THE MAGIC FLUTE (Die Zauberflöte) Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder ~~~~ STARRING SOPRANO AVA PINE AS PAMINA TENOR SHAWN MATHEY IN HIS TDO DEBUT AS TAMINO BASS-BARITONE [...]
Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition Results
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, March 10, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister (214.443.1071/megan.meister@dallasopera.org) The 24th Annual “Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition” Awards $20,000 in Prize Monies! ~~~~ SOPRANO HEATHER HAWK Takes Top Prize and $8,000 Cash! ~~~~ Second Place ($5,000) and “People’s Choice Award” (An Additional $1,000) Goes to Soprano Amanda Woodbury ~~~~ [...]
“La traviata” Comes to TDO!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister (214.443.1071/megan.meister@dallasopera.org) THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO PRESENT GIUSEPPE VERDI’S POIGNANT 1853 MASTERPIECE LA TRAVIATA LIBRETTO BY FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE ~~~~ STARRING GREEK SOPRANO MYRTÒ PAPATANASIU IN HER AMERICAN DEBUT AS VIOLETTA, AMERICAN TENOR JAMES VALENTI AS ALFREDO, AND FRENCH BARITONE [...]
Free, Public Roundtable on the Impact of the Arts on Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 5, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO PRESENT “THE GENERAL DIRECTOR’S ROUNDTABLE” ON “THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS IN EDUCATION” FEATURING LEANN BINFORD, DIRECTOR, CREATIVE LEARNING WORKFORCE AT BIG THOUGHT, INC., AND ZANNIE VOSS, PhD PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF ARTS ADMINISTRATION, SMU’S COX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [...]
“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 [...]
24th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org Or Megan Meister 214.443.1071/megan.meister@dallasopera.org The Dallas Opera Guild Presents The 24th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition ~~~~~~ Honoring Elaine and Bill Blaylock ~~~~~~ SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012 The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House At the AT&T Performing Arts Center 2403 Flora Street, [...]
DALLAS OPERA’S 2012 COWBOYS STADIUM SIMULCAST of THE MAGIC FLUTE
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 26, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister (214.443.1071/megan.meister@dallasopera.org) THE DALLAS OPERA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COWBOYS STADIUM, PROUDLY ANNOUNCES A LANDMARK PUBLIC EVENT: DALLAS OPERA’S 2012 COWBOYS STADIUM SIMULCAST! ~~~~ MOZART’S THE MAGIC FLUTE LIVE! SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012 at 7:30 PM STADIUM DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM ~~~~ [...]
The Dallas Opera’s 2012-2013 Season “PURSUITS OF PASSION”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 19, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A GLOBE-TROTTING FOURTH SEASON IN THE MARGOT AND BILL WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE! ~~~~ PURSUITS OF PASSION A TRIO OF PULSE-POUNDING MASTERPIECES BY VERDI, PUCCINI, AND DOMINICK ARGENTO! ~~~~ OPENING NIGHT: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 AT 7:30 [...]
THE DALLAS OPERA PROUDLY ANNOUNCES A MAJOR NEW COMMISSION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister (214.443.1071/megan.meister@dallasopera.org) THE DALLAS OPERA PROUDLY ANNOUNCES A MAJOR NEW COMMISSION: Composer Jake Heggie and Librettist Terrence McNally Team to Create A TDO World Premiere Opera! ~~~~ GREAT SCOTT TO OPEN TDO’S 2015-2016 SEASON STARRING WORLD RENOWNED MEZZO-SOPRANO JOYCE DIDONATO IN [...]
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 [...]
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Climb Every Opera
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...Rollin’ Down the River
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 loc.gov) Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media and PRTHE DALLAS OPERA PRESENTS THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 7, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister (214.443.1071/megan.meister@dallasopera.org) THE DALLAS OPERA PRESENTS THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 “MARIA CALLAS DEBUT ARTIST OF THE...Opera News
