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Baritones & Beachballs: The 2011 Edition
The Dallas Opera’s casual summer events series is back for the hot weather months; thank you for asking! And if FREE sounded good in 2010, it sounds even better in 2011. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 26, 2011 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA PRESENTS BARITONES & BEACHBALLS ~~~~ POPULAR CASUAL SUMMER EVENTS [...]
Up With the Volume – Off With Her Head!
Time’s a-wasting! Only a few more performances of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” left to enjoy. Here’s the latest review from Arnold Jones of “The Voice.” By the way, we will be broadcasting live this evening from the Winspear Opera House as we open the first of six performances of Donizetti’s renowned Tudor tragedy, “Anna Bolena” (a.k.a. [...]
Scotching the Rumor
No, Virginia, there is no “Moby-Claus.” I’ve seen a rumor circulating among opera aficionados on the internet that the October 12th WRR “Dallas Opera Encore Performances” broadcast of the world premiere production of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s MOBY-DICK will be streamed, simultaneously, like much of the station’s programming. I am sorry to be the [...]
Long Faces and Major Challenges in Arts Journalism
“Advertising Age” has estimated that one newspaper job in four has vanished in the past two decades but, for the arts, the loss of both journalists and genuine arts coverage (sorry, Britney doesn’t count) has been significantly more pronounced since 2005. Veteran California-based journalist Tom Jacobs has a sweeping analysis of the present situation, including [...]
Robert Wilonsky is the Man
…With a Man Crush, evidently. Actually, Mr. Wilonsky of The Observer often leaves me laughing out loud with his quirky yet pertinent perspectives. Here, he’s posted our sit-down with George Steel at WRR (with a little side commentary)—Yes, that’s me throwing out questions—during the General Director’s baptism-by-fire-first-day-with-the-Dallas-media. To quote from Casablanca: “Louis, I think this [...]
July – Inside The Dallas Opera
Newest podcast on TDO site. Host of Inside The Dallas Opera, Suzanne Calvin, interviews Candace Evans and previews The summer event series of The Dallas Opera presented by One Arts Plaza – Figaro in Flip-Flops. The events series focuses on the opera DIE FLEDERMAUS in July . Candace Evans is the choreographer for DIE FLEDERMAUS. [...]
June 2008 – Inside The Dallas Opera
Newest podcast on TDO site. Host of Inside The Dallas Opera, Suzanne Calvin, interviews Barbara Benac and previews The summer event series of The Dallas Opera presented by One Arts Plaza – Figaro in Flip-Flops. The events series focuses on the opera THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO in June. Barbara Benec is a docent for the [...]
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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
