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    Single Tickets for 19-20 Season – On Sale July 15!

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

    Tuesday, July 9, 2019

    Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014

    suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org

     

    GOING ON SALE JULY 15TH!

    SINGLE TICKETS

    FOR THE DALLAS OPERA’S

    2019-2020 SEASON

    CELEBRATING 10 YEARS IN THE

    WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE

    STARTING AT $25

     

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    $5 Tickets Now Available for TDO’s Acclaimed

    Family Performance Series

     

    DALLAS, JULY 9, 2019 –The Dallas Opera is pleased to announce that single tickets for its star-studded 63rd International “Standing Ovation” Season go on sale to the general public on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. (Central Time).

    Highlights of the 2019-2020 Dallas Opera Season, which opens on October 18th, include

    • The company’s first-ever presentation of Sir Peter Hall’s renowned production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute from Los Angeles and Seattle Opera
    • TDO’s acclaimed co-production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel, which opened two seasons ago at Santa Fe to outstanding reviews
    • The annual showcase concert for participants in the prestigious Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors
    • The 2020 Titus Art Song Recital in January with luminous soprano Angel Blue
    • A semi-staged version of Verdi’s epic Don Carlo featuring a world-class cast

     

    The “Standing Ovation” Season kicks into high gear this spring with a superb new TDO production of Stravinsky’s ballet with song, Pulcinella, marking its 100th Anniversary, on a double bill with Francis Poulenc’s riveting musical version of Jean Cocteau’s one-woman play, La voix humaine (The Human Voice).

    The season finale is a delightful production of Rossini’s ever-popular The Barber of Seville starring Lucas Meachem, Pretty Yende, Lawrence Brownlee and Xabier Anduaga in an international all-star cast!

    Additional details can be found at https://dallasopera.org/seasons/mainstage/ or at https://dallasopera.org/seasons/concerts/.

     

    Single tickets may be purchased for as little as $25.  Full and Flex subscriptions for every budget can be purchased today. Prices range from just $57 (for three performances of your choice) to a top orchestra floor price of $777 for all five mainstage productions.  Call The Dallas Opera Ticket Office at 214.443.1000 or buy online at www.dallasopera.org/tickets.

     

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    MAINSTAGE PRESENTATIONS

    2019-2020 DALLAS OPERA SEASON

    Season Sponsor

    The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family

     

    THE MAGIC FLUTE

    By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    October 18, 20(m), 23, 26, November 1 and 3(m), 2019

     

    THE GOLDEN COCKEREL

    By Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    October 25, 27(m), 30, and November 2, 2019

     

    THE HART INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN CONDUCTORS

    SHOWCASE CONCERT

    November 9, 2019

     

    DON CARLO

    By Giuseppe Verdi

    March 20, 22(m), 25 and 28, 2020

     

    A Dallas Opera Double Bill:

    PULCINELLA & LA VOIX HUMAINE

    PULCINELLA: Ballet with Song by Igor Stravinsky

    LA VOIX HUMAINE (“The Human Voice”)

    By Francis Poulenc with a libretto by Jean Cocteau

    April 3, 4, 5(m) and 8, 2020

     

    THE BARBER OF SEVILLE

    By Gioachino Rossini

    April 24, 26(m), 29 and May 2, 8 and 10(m), 2020

     

    In an effort to present each work as it was intended to be experienced by the composer and librettist, The Dallas Opera will continue to produce each opera in its original language with English supertitles projected above the stage for maximum accessibility and enjoyment.

    Notable Company Debuts in the 2019-2020 Season Include:

    • Spanish tenor Xabier Anduaga (Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville)
    • Russian tenor Viktor Antipenko (Prince Guidon in The Golden Cockerel)
    • English tenor Barry Banks (Astrologer in The Golden Cockerel)
    • American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton (Princess Eboli in Don Carlo)
    • American tenor Lawrence Brownlee (Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville)
    • American soprano Andrea Carroll (Pamina in The Magic Flute)
    • American soprano Leah Crocetto (Elizabeth de Valois in Don Carlo)
    • Russian bass Nikolay Didenko (King Dodon in The Golden Cockerel)
    • Italian tenor Paolo Fanale (Tamino in The Magic Flute)
    • American tenor Brian Frutiger (Monastatos in The Magic Flute)
    • American mezzo-soprano Margaret Gawrysiak (Berta in The Barber of Seville)
    • Russian soprano Venera Gimadieva (Queen of Shemakha in The Golden Cockerel)
    • Italian baritone Renato Girolami (Doctor Bartolo in The Barber of Seville)
    • American mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey (Second Lady in The Magic Flute)
    • American soprano Jeni Houser (Papagena in The Magic Flute)
    • American director Kyle Lang (The Magic Flute)
    • American mezzo-soprano Hannah Ludwig (Third Lady in The Magic Flute)
    • American director Christopher Mattaliano (directing The Barber of Seville)
    • American soprano Diana Newman (First Lady in The Magic Flute)
    • American bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba, soloist (Pulcinella)
    • Polish mezzo-soprano Ewa Plonka (Tebaldo in Don Carlo)
    • Russian soprano Olga Pudova (Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute)
    • English set and costume designer Gerald Scarfe (The Magic Flute)
    • American costume designer Jamie Scott, deceased (The Barber of Seville)
    • American soprano Elizabeth Sutphen as A Celestial Voice (Don Carlo)
    • Canadian dancer/choreographer Sean Smith (Pulcinella in Pulcinella)
    • American tenor Angel Vargas (Count Lerma/The Royal Herald in Don Carlo)
    • American tenor Robert Watson (title role in Don Carlo)
    • Austrian baritone Markus Werba (Papageno in The Magic Flute)
    • American tenor Matthew White, soloist (Pulcinella)
    • South African soprano Pretty Yende (Rosina in The Barber of Seville)

    “The Dallas Opera has put together a tremendous 19-20 Season designed to appeal to single ticket purchasers of every musical taste and budget,” explains Dallas Opera Chairman Mark LaRoe.

    “From imaginative mainstage productions to brilliant concerts and recitals featuring the women conductors of the Hart Institute as well as stars like Angel Blue, we are committed to providing a top-quality entertainment experience to patrons who prefer the single ticket option.

    “And, with prices starting at just $25, we’re optimistic that our tenth-anniversary season in the Winspear Opera House will attract many North Texans who have never been to the opera,” LaRoe adds.  “We continue to build new audiences and work to make opera more accessible to everyone.  Now is the time to share in the beauty and excitement; there are incredible worlds waiting to be discovered at The Dallas Opera!”

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    Hot tickets going on sale July 15th include the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors Concert on Sunday, November 9, 2019. This extraordinary annual showcase caps the two-week residency of women conductors from around the world: https://dallasopera.org/community/artist-development/hart-institute/

    Come January, the New Year kicks off with the sizzling stylings of acclaimed American soprano Angel Blue, the 2020 Titus Art Song Recital Artist.  The Sunday afternoon concert on January 26, 2020 will take place in the intimate setting of Moody Performance Hall: https://dallasopera.org/performance/the-titus-art-song-recital-series-concert-2020/

    Tickets for Angel Blue’s recital will also go on sale to the public July 15th.

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    In addition to presenting world-class opera and providing support for outstanding young artists, established stars, and up-and-coming female conductors; The Dallas Opera is also committed to introducing the joys of opera to as many people as possible.  We strive to provide budget-minded, kid-friendly performances that can be enjoyed by all.

    Single tickets to the 2019-20 Family Performance Series will be available July 15th for just $5.

     

    2019-2020 FAMILY PERFORMANCE SERIES

    PRESENTED BY TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

     

    DOCTOR MIRACLE

    By Georges Bizet

    Saturday, October 6, 2019

    Saturday, March 21, 2020

    Georges Bizet’s charming and romantic, one-act operetta: https://dallasopera.org/performance/dr-miracle/

     

    THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS

    By John Davies

    Saturday, October 13, 2019

    Saturday, April 4, 2020

    An operatic version of a Brothers Grimm fairytale: https://dallasopera.org/performance/the-bremen-town-musicians-2019/

     

    The Dallas Opera Family Performance Series is generously supported by the Betty and Steve Suellentrop Educational Outreach Fund.  TDO Family Performances are a part of the Perot Foundation Education and Community Outreach Programs.

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    ABOUT THE DALLAS OPERA

    One of the leading opera companies in the country, The Dallas Opera has an extraordinary legacy of world-class productions and thrilling premieres featuring the greatest operatic artists of our time. Inaugurated by the incomparable Maria Callas in 1957, TDO is known for the notable U.S. debuts of a host of legendary artists including Plácido Domingo, Dame Joan Sutherland, Jon Vickers, Franco Zeffirelli, and Sir David McVicar. The company has long been an industry leader and innovator through groundbreaking initiatives like the Hart Institute for Women Conductors; free public simulcasts; acclaimed art song recitals; the national vocal competition; special concerts; and outstanding family and award-winning education programs. TDO’s home is the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, a jewel in the Dallas Arts District. As one of the largest performing arts employers in North Texas, TDO is proudly committed to diversity, onstage and off, and is a major contributor to the economic vitality and international cultural reputation of this region.

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    The Dallas Opera is supported, in part, by funds from: Elsa von Seggern Foundation;

    Texas Instruments Foundation; the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs; 

    The Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

    American Airlines is the official airline of The Dallas Opera.

    Lexus is the official vehicle of The Dallas Opera.

    Advertising support from The Dallas Morning News.

     

    All performances in The Dallas Opera’s 63rd International Season will take place in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, unless otherwise indicated. Evening performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees begin at 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated.  English translations will be projected above the stage at every performance and assistance is available for the hearing impaired.

    The Joy and Ronald Mankoff Pre-Opera Talk will begin one hour prior to curtain at most performances. Full and Flex Subscriptions are available today; single tickets ranging from $25 to $289 (some box seats may be higher) go on sale July 15, 2019.  For additional information or to make your purchase, call 214.443.1000 or visit www.dallasopera.org.

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    Cast Changes in TDO’s LA WALLY

    The Dallas Opera is announcing cast changes for the upcoming production of Cataloni’s LA WALLY; read on.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
    Monday, January 19, 2015
    Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014 or Celeste Hart 214.443.1071
    suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org celeste.hart@dallasopera.org

    The Dallas Opera Announces
    Cast Changes to LA WALLY

    LA WALLY, ACT IV
    With Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer’s EVEREST
    (A Dallas Opera World Premiere)
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    OPENING FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2015, 7:30 P.M.
    FOR THE FIRST OF FOUR PERFORMANCES
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    The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
    At the AT&T Performing Arts Center
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    ALICE W. AND RICHARD D. BASS,
    EVEREST Underwriters
    With Additional Support from
    National Endowment for the Arts,
    TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund
    & Tobin Theatre Arts Fund
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    Three-Opera FLEX Subscriptions
    Still Available, Starting at $75
    Single Tickets Start at $19

    DALLAS, TX, JANUARY 19, 2015 – The Dallas Opera is announcing cast changes for the company’s upcoming new production of Alfredo Catalani’s LA WALLY (Act IV).
    Mexican tenor Rodrigo Garciarroyo will perform the leading role of Giuseppe Hagenbach on January 30 (opening night), February 1 and 4, 2015. Tenor Arnold Rawls will sing the role for the final performance scheduled on February 7, 2015. The singers are assuming the role after Carl Tanner recently withdrew, due to illness.
    In addition, soprano Melissa Citro will sing the final performance of La Wally in the title role. Earlier, soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams took over the part from Latonia Moore, who withdrew because of her pregnancy.
    Mr. Garciarroyo, who is making his Dallas Opera debut in LA WALLY, has been praised by John Bills of Pro Opera Magazine as “…combining a rich sound and a smooth legato with secure and heroic high notes: first class singing.”
    Mr. Rawls makes his Dallas Opera debut in this production after earning rave reviews from Opera News, which wrote, “He owned the stage dramatically and musically…nailing each note.”
    Ms. Citro, making her house debut with The Dallas Opera as the intrepid title character of Wally (short for “Walburga,” in case you were wondering), has excelled in a variety of Wagnerian roles. Writing about her Glimmerglass Festival appearance in The Consul, one reviewer claimed Miss Citro “stopped the performance in the second act with her aria, when she finally snaps in the face of the unseen Consul’s inhumanity to his fellow man. Ms. Citro is already singing such Wagnerian roles as a Norn and a Valkyrie in major houses. She has a great career ahead of her. See her now.”
    LA WALLY is the first half of the sole double bill in The Dallas Opera’s 2014-2015 “Heights of Passion” Season. The climactic final act of this rarely produced 1892 work is being paired with the world premiere of EVEREST—the first opera by renowned British composer Joby Talbot (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and Gene Scheer (Moby-Dick).

    Opening night will take place on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
    That night, LA WALLY will star Mary Elizabeth Williams, described by Opera News as “the next great Verdi soprano,” as Wally, on the heels of her performances as Floria Tosca for Seattle Opera (where she was selected as the 2011-2012 “Artist of the Year”). Ms. Williams, praised by The Washington Post for “wonderful stage presence, both regal and human.” Ms. Williams will perform the role on January 30, February 1 and 4, 2015.
    The role of Walter will be sung throughout by Dallas Opera favorite Jennifer Chung, who appeared as Juliette in last season’s critically acclaimed production of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s twentieth-century masterpiece, Die tote Stadt.
    Conducted by Anthony Barrese (Tosca, 2008) and staged in this abridged production by renowned stage director Candace Evans (Don Pasquale, The Merry Widow), this is the tale of a free-spirited and fiercely passionate young woman who realizes, too late, that love delayed isn’t always love denied. TDO’s production also will incorporate the famous Act I aria, “Ebben, ne andrò lontana.”
    Other members of the top-notch production team include acclaimed set designer Robert Brill (Moby-Dick), costume designer David C. Woolard (Oscar, Death and the Powers), lighting designer Christopher Akerlind (The Dream of Valentino, La bohème, The Marriage of Figaro), wig and make-up designer David Zimmerman and projections designer Elaine J. McCarthy.
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    On the slopes of Mount Everest, luck and the weather can turn with equal ferocity and swiftness, and dreams die even for the most valiant of men.
    British composer Joby Talbot’s first opera confronts the tragic events surrounding an ill-fated 1996 Everest expedition with a cast that includes tenor Andrew Bidlack and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, as well as bass Kevin Burdette and baritone Craig Verm in their company debuts. This much-anticipated Dallas Opera world premiere will be conducted by contemporary music specialist and Dallas Opera Principal Guest Conductor Nicole Paiement and staged by director Leonard Foglia (Moby-Dick) – this season’s James R. Seitz, Jr. Stage Director in Honor of John Gage – with stunning projections designed to carry us to the one of the highest, most awe-inspiring, and dangerous places on earth.

    “It’s a thrill to have this opportunity to bring together artists from several of the most memorable productions in recent Dallas Opera history,” says Dallas Opera General Director and CEO Keith Cerny, “and to combine their extraordinary talents in fresh and exciting new ways.
    “I am also delighted to cement The Dallas Opera’s newfound reputation as a creative force in American Opera with the first of three world premieres scheduled to take place in 2015,” Mr. Cerny adds. “My team and I are confident that this thrilling original work by Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer will bring us a step closer to our goal of providing adventurous North Texas audiences with thought-provoking new works, in addition to carefully conceived productions of rarely performed and much-loved favorites from the opera repertoire.”

    Dallas Opera Principal Guest Conductor Nicole Paiement made a profound impression on theatergoers during the 2012 launch of our chamber opera series: The Lighthouse by Peter Maxwell Davies. Wrote Willard Spiegelman of Opera News, “Nicole Paiement led the ensemble briskly through a score that is rhythmically as well as harmonically complex.” Dallas Observer Classical Music Critic Katie Womack expounded further: “The success of Friday’s performance was largely due to Nicole Paiement, who conducted the orchestra skillfully and artistically, and DTC’s artistic director, Kevin Moriarty, whose staging of this work marked his opera directorial debut. Moriarty’s transition to this genre seemed effortless and his work at home in the Wyly Theatre space. Together, the two produced one of the most interesting hours of opera I’ve seen in a while.”
    The conductor also led brilliant performances of Tod Machover’s Death and the Powers last season, easily the most cutting-edge and technologically sophisticated opera ever produced in North Texas.
    Andrew Bidlack, praised by David Fleshler of The Miami Herald for his “smooth legato and heroic top notes,” prompted Classical Voice of New England to proclaim that he has “vocal color to match one of the original ‘Three Tenors’.” Mr. Bidlack made his TDO debut as Sandy in The Lighthouse, which launched our chamber opera series in 2012.
    Mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, who debuted with Dallas Opera in the acclaimed 2013 production of Dominick Argento’s The Aspern Papers before creating the role of Mary Magdalene in the San Francisco Opera world premiere of Mark Adamo’s most recent work, “made a brilliant impression,” according to Georgia Rowe of Opera News. “Cooke sang with complete conviction, sounding unforced and lustrous.” While San Francisco Chronicle Critic Joshua Kosman wrote that her singing was “eloquent and shimmeringly rich.”
    Bass Kevin Burdette will be making his company debut but he’s already attracting a lot of attention for his “large powerful voice with a burnished robust sound” and a “vibrant personality that pervaded the entire theater” (Opera Today).
    Baritone Craig Verm, who will also be making his TDO debut in this production, has earned raves for his “brilliantly performed” roles and “consistently solid and well-colored” singing” (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review).
    The Dallas Opera Chorus is prepared by acclaimed Chorus Master Alexander Rom.

    EVEREST is generously underwritten by Alice W. and Richard D. Bass, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund, and the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.

    Performances of this unique double bill (LA WALLY sung in Italian, EVEREST sung in English, with English language supertitles projected above the stage) will take place in the magnificent Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House on January 30, February 1 (2:00 p.m. matinee), 4 & 7, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. These works will be separated by an intermission.
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    Single tickets for the remaining mainstage productions of the Dallas Opera’s “Heights of Passion” 2014-15 Season (La bohëme, Iolanta) are on sale now, starting at just $19, through the Dallas Opera Ticket Services Office at 214.443.1000 or online at www.dallasopera.org. Student Rush best-available tickets can be purchased at the lobby box office for as little as $15 (one per valid Student I.D.) ninety minutes prior to each performance.
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    EVENTS, GUESTS AND ARTISTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT “JANUARY AT THE DALLAS OPERA”
    IS CONVENIENTLY AVAILABLE ONLINE, 24/7
    VISIT WWW.DALLASOPERA.ORG AND CHECK THE CALENDAR LISTINGS

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    To arrange an interview or obtain additional information
    Please contact Suzanne Calvin, Director of Media and Public Relations
    214.443.1014 or suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org

    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, 2014-2015 SEASON SPONSOR
    FOR THE DALLAS OPERA’S “HEIGHTS OF PASSION” SEASON

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DALLAS OPERA
    IS CONVENIENTLY AVAILABLE ONLINE, 24/7
    VISIT WWW.DALLASOPERA.ORG AND CHECK THE CALENDAR LISTINGS

    Ticket Information for the 2014-2015 Dallas Opera Spring Season

    All performances are in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center unless otherwise described. Single Tickets range from $19 to $275 and Flex Subscriptions are on sale starting at $75. Family performance tickets are just $5. For more information or to make your purchase, contact The Dallas Opera Ticket Services Office at 214.443.1000 or visit us online, 24/7, at www.dallasopera.org.

    THE DALLAS OPERA 2014-2015 SEASON INFORMATION
    The Dallas Opera celebrates its Fifty-Eighth International Season in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Arts District. Evening performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees begin at 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated. English translations will be projected above the stage at every performance and assistance is available for the hearing impaired. The Joy and Ronald Mankoff Pre-Opera Talk will begin one hour prior to curtain, at most performances excluding FIRST NIGHT of the season.

    A RARE DALLAS OPERA DOUBLE BILL:

    LA WALLY by Alfredo Catalani
    January 30, February 1(m), 4 and 7, 2015
    The Climactic Final Act!
    First performed in Milan, Italy on January 20, 1892
    Text by Luigi Illica after Wilhelmine von Hillern’s story, Die Geyer-Wally
    Time: Around the year 1800
    Place: The Austrian Alps
    Conductor: Anthony Barrese
    Stage Director: Candace Evans
    Scenic Design: Robert Brill
    Costume Design: David C. Woolard
    Lighting Design: Christopher Akerlind
    Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
    Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
    Starring: Mary Elizabeth Williams* & Melissa Citro* (Wally), Rodrigo Garciarroyo* & Arnold Rawls* (Giuseppe Hagenbach) and Jennifer Chung (Walter)
    A Brand-New Dallas Opera Production!

    Paired with EVEREST by Joby Talbot
    January 30, February 1(m), 4 and 7, 2015
    A Dallas Opera World Premiere!
    Text by Gene Scheer
    Time: Modern Day
    Place: In the Death Zone on Mount Everest
    Conductor: Nicole Paiement
    Stage Director: Leonard Foglia
    Scenic Design: Robert Brill
    Costume Design: David C. Woolard
    Video Design: Elaine J. McCarthy
    Lighting Design: Christopher Akerlind
    Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
    Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
    Starring: Andrew Bidlack (Rob Hall), Sasha Cooke (Jan Arnold), Kevin Burdette* (Beck Weathers) and Craig Verm* (Doug Hansen).

    LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini
    March 13, 15(m), 18, 21, 27 and 29(m), 2015
    A passionate and timeless masterpiece in a beloved period production
    An opera in four acts first performed in Turin, Italy on February 1, 1896
    Text by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Henry Murger’s novel Scènes de la vie de bohème
    Time: mid-19th century
    Place: The Latin Quarter of Paris, France
    Conductor: Riccardo Frizza*
    Stage Director: Peter Kazaras
    Scenic Design: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
    Costume Design: Peter J. Hall
    Lighting Design: Thomas C. Hase
    Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
    Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
    Children’s Chorus Master: Melinda Cotton
    Starring: Ana Maria Martinez (Mimi), Bryan Hymel (Rodolfo), Davinia Rodriguez* (Musetta), Jonathan Beyer (Marcello), Alexander Vinogradov* (Colline), Stephen LaBrie (Schaunard) and Stefan Szkafarowsky (Benoit).
    One of the Dallas Opera’s Most Popular!

    IOLANTA by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    April 10, 12(m), 15 and 18, 2015
    A rarely performed Tchaikovsky gem, set in Medieval Provence!
    First performed in St. Petersburg, Russia on December 18, 1892
    Text by Modest Tchaikovsky based on the Danish play King Rene’s Daughter by Henrik Hertz
    Time: The 15th century
    Place: Provence, a mountainous region in Southern France
    Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume
    Stage Director: Christian Räth
    Scenic Design: Christian Räth
    Costume Design: Susan Cox
    Video Design: Elaine J. McCarthy
    Lighting Design: Thomas C. Hase
    Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
    Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
    Starring: Ekaterina Scherbachenko* (Iolanta), Sergey Skorokhodov* (Count Vaudémont), Joanna Mongiardo* (Brigitta), Lauren McNeese (Laura), Tamara Mumford* (Marta), Andrei Bondarenko** (Robert, Duke of Burgandy), Mikhail Kolelishvili (Renè, King of Provence), Andrew Bidlack (Alméric), Vladislav Sulimsky** (Ibn-Hakia) and Jordan Bisch (Bertrand).
    Another New Dallas Opera Production

    * Dallas Opera Debut
    ** American Debut
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    The Dallas Opera is supported, in part, by funds from: Texas Instruments Foundation, TACA, City of Dallas, Office of Cultural Affairs; the Texas Commission on the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). American Airlines is the official airline of The Dallas Opera. Lexus is the official vehicle of The Dallas Opera. Advertising support from The Dallas Morning News. A special thanks to the Elsa von Seggern Foundation for its continuing support.

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