Archives for December 2012
Make FIRST NIGHT Number One
December 17, 2012
I realize that sounds a trifle redundant, but FIRST NIGHT (the Dallas Opera’s Opening Night Festivities) is in the running for the number one most glamorous social event of the season. You can check out the options on CultureMap Dallas and cast your ballot (scroll down to choice F for FIRST NIGHT) right here. But do... Read more →
From the Desk of Artistic Director Jonathan Pell, Philadelphia
December 6, 2012
Last weekend I was in Philadelphia to judge the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions along with my colleagues Doris Yarick-Cross, artistic director of the opera program at Yale, and Peter Russell, general director of the Vocal Arts Society in Washington, DC (and former director of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.) We heard... Read more →
Ladies Sing the Blues
December 3, 2012
Dallas Opera General Director and CEO Keith Cerny has posted another installment cheap car insurance quotes of “Off the Cuff” on “Theater Jones,” this one devoted to the idea that most operas fall into one of three catagories: one-hanky, two-hanky, or heart-clutching three-hanky. Read Keith’s analysis here. (Ladies’ hankies courtesy of made-in-china.com) Suzanne Calvin, Manager/Director Media... Read more →
Stirring the Proverbial Pot
I confess that I have never heard Andrea Bocelli live and not much more than snippets of his recordings in various commercials and promos. So, I’m going to stay out of this despite my unfortunate natural tendancy to be as vocal as I am judgmental. However, I found Gregory Sullivan Isaac’s assessment of the “phenomena” of... Read more →