Composing Conversations
Composing Conversations is an ongoing discussions series featuring some of the most noteworthy international composers. TDO believes in bringing their talents to Dallas whenever possible. Composing Conversations is designed to showcase all types of opera composers, from grand opera to chamber. This series will not only introduce you to some of these great talents, but hopefully ignite your interest in new operatic works.
Upcoming Events
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Composing Conversations is a FREE Dallas Opera special event designed to get you—and music lovers just like you—excited about the creative process and our commitment to the advancement of this dynamic art form. Please join us for an engaging conversation with featured composer Joby Talbot (right), whose music has charmed audiences in The Royal Ballet/National Ballet of Cananda production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2010) and a host of other original works, including the film score for the pop culture classic, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005); Ave Verum Corpus (2006); Aluminum, an arrangement of ten songs by White Stripes; music for the BBC television comedy Psychoville; as well as film scores for The Lodger (1999), Penelope (2006), and Arctic Tale (2007). |
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Concluding the conversation will be General Director and CEO Keith Cerny and renowned American librettist and songwriter Gene Scheer, who brought Herman Melville’s epic to new life in Moby-Dick (2010), to bring you word of an exciting new project!
By attending this second in our series of Composing Conversations, you will also be among the first to hear this major announcement from the Dallas Opera.
Be there—or be unaware!
Moderating the conversation will be Peter Simek, Arts Editor for D Magazine.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
6:30pm | Winspear Opera House | Hamon Hall
2403 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201
RSVP requested at rsvp@dallasopera.org or 214.443.1000
