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Simulcast Ticket Requests Top 25K!

by Suzanne Calvin

If I said, “but who’s counting?” the answer would be – we are! Yes, indeed, we are. Keep scrolling; the latest on the April 28th simulcast can be found below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin (214.443.1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org) Or Megan Meister (214.443.1071/megan.meister@dallasopera.org) REQUESTS FOR TICKETS TO THE DALLAS OPERA COWBOYS STADIUM ONE-NIGHT-ONLY [...]

NOT Too Cool for School

by Suzanne Calvin

It’s the official roll-out of the company’s education programs for this summer and the following school year. Read it and wish you were ten again: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214-443-1014/suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE The 2012-2013 Education Programs SERVING NORTH TEXAS STUDENTS AGE 5 TO ADULT [...]

The Magic Flute Comes to TDO

by Suzanne Calvin

  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

by Suzanne Calvin

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!

by Suzanne Calvin

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

by Suzanne Calvin

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

by Suzanne Calvin

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

by Suzanne Calvin

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

by Megan Meister

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”

by Megan Meister

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 [...]