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For Those Who Love Grand Opera
“…it just doesn’t get any better.” Or so writes Terry Mathews, Arts Editor of the “Sulphur Springs News-Telegram” in her review of the Dallas Opera’s “Tristan & Isolde.” She declared that the voice of soprano Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (Isolde) “should be declared a national treasure.” You can read it all here. Meanwhile, over at the “Dallas [...]
The Critical Acclaim Continues for “Tristan”
If you haven’t read all the initial reviews, please scroll down in order to do so. But it’s incredibly gratifying to be able to report that the applause hasn’t stopped, and rave reviews for our new production of Wagner’s transcendent masterpiece continue to pour in. The latest? From Mark-Brian Sonna at “Pegasus News” who writes: [...]
Tristan & Isolde – What a Night!
Okay, I confess: by the end of the evening, I was struggling with tears (and for all the right reasons). Were you there at last night’s opening of Christian Rath’s stunning new production of TRISTAN & ISOLDE? Was I the only sentimental slob out there who found the overall experience transcendent? The reviews are already coming in, starting [...]
Talk About Projecting!
Check out the latest from “Theater Jones” and Gregory Sullivan Isaacs as we prepare for Thursday’s Opening of the Dallas Opera’s new production of “Tristan & Isolde. Some of the visuals during last night’s dress rehearsal literally took my breath away. I really think we’re in for a phenomenal ride! But I digress. Projections Designer [...]
Don’t Come Hungry – Unless it’s for Magnificent Music and Theater
Fabulous interview conducted by William V. Madison (Bill, it’s been too long) with our incomparable Isolde, Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet. Devour every word right here and heed her advice about not coming hungry. The new Christian Rath production of “Tristan & Isolde” opens Thursday night at 7:00 PM (note the earlier than usual curtain time) and remains your best [...]
From the Desk of Artistic Director Jonathan Pell
Last night I attended a terrific concert with Paul Phillips conducting the SMU Symphony Orchestra in excerpts from Wagner’s RING, featuring highlights from Act I of DIE WALKUERE with voice faculty members Virginia Dupuy and Clifton Forbis. This was Virginia’s first foray into Wagner repertoire and a departure into dramatic soprano territory from her usual [...]
Fashion@theOpera
First Night Designer Abi Ferrin designed the dress inspired for the “Tragic Obsessions” opera Tristan & Isolde modeled by Tanya Foster. Tristan opens in February of 2012. Tickets available at 214.443.1000 or http://www.dallasopera.org/tickets
Clif Forbis: Still a Star, now a Chair
Word from the Division of Music, Meadows School of the Arts at SMU that tenor Clifton Forbis, last heard here in the title role in our inaugural production of Verdi’s OTELLO in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, has been appointed Chair of the Voice Department. Mr. Forbis succeeds Joan Heller, who is retiring [...]
From the desk of General Director Keith Cerny
Richard Wagner would be delighted to know that more than 125 years after his death, his signature Festspielhaus in Bayreuth still plays to sold-out audiences, with 10-year waiting lists to buy tickets. Thanks to the generosity of the Dallas Wagner Society, its President Roger Carroll, and its Treasurer Greg McConeghy, I was privileged to attend all five [...]
Jonathan Pell, Summer of Opera, Part 21
I had lunch yesterday with Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet, who returns to Dallas in February as “Isolde” in our production of TRISTAN. She has just returned home to Santa Fe for a couple of weeks following an engagement in Barcelona, and is heading back to Europe on Sunday. She is looking forward to reuniting with Clifton Forbis, [...]
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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
