Archives for April 2016
Winners Announced at the 28th Annual Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition
April 30, 2016
AND THE WINNERS ARE… Talented Young Singers Awarded $18,500 in Cash Prizes At the 28th Annual “Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition” ~~~~ Mezzo-Soprano Virginie Verrez Takes Top Prize and $10,000 Cash! ~~~~ Second Place ($5,000) Goes to Tenor Kang Wang ~~~~ Third Place ($2,500) Awarded to Baritone Sol Jin ~~~~ The “People’s Choice Award” (An... Read more →
SMU’s Barbara Hill-Moore leads a public conversation about “Race, the Arts and Performance” this Saturday
April 29, 2016
SMU Meadows School of the Arts, in partnership with ignite/artsdallas, is presenting an important conversation tomorrow (Saturday, April 30th) regarding “Race, the Arts and Performance,” moderated by Professor Barbara Hill-Moore. Guests will include several of the stars of The Dallas Opera’s current production of SHOW BOAT, Dallas Opera General Director and CEO Keith Cerny, and... Read more →
Finalists for Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition Announced!
The Finalists for The Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition are: Baritone Sol Jin, Bass Adam Lau, Mezzo-Soprano Virginie Verrez, Bass Daniel Miroslaw, Soprano Alexandra Loutsion and Tenor Kang Wang! They will be competing Saturday, April 30, 2016 beginning at 7:30pm at the Winspear Opera House! Congratulations to all the Finalists and to all who competed!... Read more →
Cast Change for Eugene Onegin
SOPRANO AILYN PÉREZ WITHDRAWS FROM ROLE DEBUT AS TATYANA IN EUGENE ONEGIN DALLAS, TX, APRIL 29, 2016 – Acclaimed American soprano Ailyn Pérez, winner of the Richard Tucker Award and the 2016 Beverly Sills Artist Award, is withdrawing from her scheduled starring role in The Dallas Opera’s 2016 Season Opener, Eugene Onegin. Citing concerns that... Read more →
THE 2016 DALLAS OPERA GUILD VOCAL COMPETITION—THIS WEEKEND!
April 26, 2016
Finals Round Scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Opening Remarks at 7:20 p.m. Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House The AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas, Texas General Admission Seating $5 / Lexus Red Parking $5 DALLAS, TX, APRIL 26, 2016 – The Dallas Opera wishes to remind music lovers that the expanded... Read more →
The Dallas Opera Orchestra Performing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13
April 19, 2016
Presented by AT&T Performing Arts Center Sunday, April 24, 2016 – 2:00 p.m. Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House Dallas –The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced tickets are on sale for The Dallas Opera Orchestra performing Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 which will be performed by The Dallas Opera Orchestra at 2:00 p.m. Sunday,... Read more →
A rare opportunity! Pre-Opera Talk with Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Performance of Babi Yar!
The Russian Nobel Prize-nominated poet and author of the acclaimed poem, Babi Yar, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, will participate in a Pre-Opera Talk prior to The Dallas Opera Orchestra’s performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113, based on the poem. The lecture will take place on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 12:30 pm... Read more →
Deadline for 2016 Institute for Women Conductors – April 22!
April 14, 2016
The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera ~~~~ 2016 Program: Nov. 26 – Dec. 11 in Dallas, TXDeadline to Apply: April 22, 2016 ~~~~ Initial Support from the Richard and Enika Schulze Foundation Additional Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the TACA Bowden & Embrey Family Foundations... Read more →
A Symphonic Memorial to Babi Yar
April 4, 2016
Mark your calendar for a powerful and poignant presentation by The Dallas Opera Orchestra as it performs Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 “Babi Yar” and Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. The performance, April 24, at 2 p.m. memorializes the 75th anniversary of the tragic massacre at “Babi Yar.” This month’s... Read more →