Due to inclement weather, the Hart Institute for Women Conductors 10th Anniversary Showcase Concert and dinner on Sunday, January 25 have been canceled. All ticket holders will be emailed their options.
Make history with us at the 10th Anniversary Showcase Concert for the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors. Addressing the profound gender imbalance on the world’s opera orchestra podiums, the Hart Institute provides training and career support to the next generation of women conductors. This special anniversary performance will feature six alumnae maestri from the first decade of the Institute— Tiffany Chang, Michelle Di Russo, Barbara Dragan, Tianyi Lu, Shira Samuels-Shragg, and Blair Salter —and a guest host. Each conductor will lead The Dallas Opera Orchestra and guest singers in excerpts from operas significant to TDO’s history.
Showcase Concert 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
January 25, 2026 5:30 – 7 PM
Enjoy an elegant three-course dinner on the Winspear stage celebrating ten years of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors. Meet the women conductors and other opera world luminaries over dinner at intimate eight-seat tables. Proceeds benefit The Dallas Opera.
Show Details
Language
Sung in various languages with projected English titles
Running Time
1 hour, 35 minutes, including one intermission
Tickets
| Sunday, January 25, 2026 3:00pm | CANCELED |
The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors
To address gender imbalance on opera podiums, TDO launched the Hart Institute, the only program of its kind, to train women conductors in 2015. More than 500 candidates from 40 nations have applied to be trained, advised, and supported by this extraordinary leadership initiative over the past decade.
Cast
Tiffany Chang
Conductor
Michelle Di Russo
Conductor
Barbara Dragan
Conductor
Tianyi Lu
Conductor
Shira Samuels-Shragg
Conductor
Blair Salter
Conductor
Sara Gartland
Soprano
Tessa Fackelmann
Mezzo-Soprano
Kyle Miller
Baritone
Diana Newman
Soprano
Alexis Seminario
Soprano
