The Dallas Opera Proudly Presents
ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXCITING TENORS
MICHAEL FABIANO
IN AN EXCLUSIVE RECITAL
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017, 2:00 P.M.
DALLAS CITY PERFORMANCE HALL
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THE ROBERT E. AND JEAN ANN TITUS
ART SONG RECITAL SERIES
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TICKETS $15 and $25
DALLAS, TX, NOVEMBER 28, 2016 – The Robert E. and Jean Ann Titus Art Song Recital Series will feature the magnetic tenor, Michael Fabiano, in an exclusive recital produced by The Dallas Opera. The performance will take place on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in Dallas City Performance Hall (a 749-seat venue located at 2520 Flora Street—across the street from the Winspear Opera House—in the Arts District, Dallas, TX 75201). Additional support for the 2017 recital is provided by Rebecca and Michael Baker. Tickets are now on sale for $15 and $25 and may be purchased at www.dallasopera.org/recital or by contacting the friendly professionals in The Dallas Opera Ticket/Patron Services Office at 214.443.1000.
“Michael Fabiano is one of the most captivating tenors of our day and we are proud to bring this stellar performer to North Texas,” stated Dallas Opera’s Keith Cerny, the Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO.
“The Titus family recognizes the importance of presenting uniquely talented singers to our community to enrich our artistic experiences. We are so grateful for their generous support of these important recitals, which offer an intimate setting to appreciate these tremendous talents. This is the fourth in the series which has included tenor Ian Bostridge in 2014, Matthew Polenzani in 2015, and legendary mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade last January,” Cerny added.
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Mr. Fabiano is considered one of the greatest tenors in the world today. He recently made his critically-acclaimed debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where The Sunday Times, U.K. described that he held audiences “spellbound.” He is the first singer ever to be awarded the prestigious Beverly Sills Artist Award and the Richard Tucker Award in the same year, 2014. A member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Artists’ Council, Mr. Fabiano has graced many of the world’s most important stages and venues, and performed in many of the leading opera houses. He has recorded extensively, despite his demanding stage schedule, and his role debuts are becoming legendary.
Mr. Fabiano “is increasingly one of the great operatic tenors of our day, diving into both familiar and off-beat repertoire and delivering it with fluency and ringing power. In the absence of an opera house stage, sets or costumes, Fabiano simply conjured up a world of theatrical intensity and let it fly,” according to Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle regarding a recent concert.
“I’ve raved before about Michael Fabiano,” wrote critic Anne Midgette of The Washington Post earlier this month, “but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard him sing with the clarity and power he brought to the role of Jean (John the Baptist) on Sunday, his sound heroic and translucent, with no evident strain, culminating in a show-stopping performance of his aria.”
The Titus Recital will include works by composers Franz Liszt, Henri Duparc, Giacomo Puccini, and Amy Beach, and is a wonderful opportunity to experience this acclaimed 32-year-old star, up close.
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Through the generosity of the Titus Family, ticket prices are $15 or $25. Seating is reserved and tickets will be held at Will Call. $10 Student Tickets are also available with a current Student I.D. Tickets may be purchased through The Dallas Opera Ticket Services Office (214.443.1000) or online, 24/7, at www.dallasopera.org/recital/.
“We are thrilled with the caliber of artists that the opera has brought to Dallas for this concert series. Michael Fabiano proves to be another outstanding choice and we are eagerly anticipating this upcoming event. The Dallas Opera continues to uphold its commitment to bring the greatest singers of our time to North Texas audiences—we are so excited to be a part of it!” said Dallas Opera Board Member Sarah Titus.
MICHAEL FABIANO: BIOGRAPHY
Of Michael Fabiano’s debut as Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House, The Sunday Times in London wrote: “I can’t think of a Lensky at Covent Garden who has held the audience so spellbound in 40 years of Onegin-going… a glorious debut.” In the 2016/17 season, Mr. Fabiano made his debuts with the Royal Danish Opera in the Verdi Requiem, and at Houston Grand Opera in the title role of Gounod’s Faust. Fabiano returned to the San Francisco Symphony for a program of Italian masterworks, and sang the role of Jean in Massenet’s rarely performed Hérodiade with Washington Concert Opera. Mr. Fabiano returns to the Metropolitan Opera for performances as Rodolfo in La bohème and Alfredo in La traviata, will be the guest soloist for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals Concert, and perform in the Met’s 50th Anniversary Gala at Lincoln Center. In addition, he sings his first Don José in Carmen at Festival Aix-en-Provence, and will perform a recital tour which will take him to seven cities in North America, including The Dallas Opera.
Last season, he added four new roles to his repertoire: Rodolfo in Luisa Miller, which he performed to open the San Francisco Opera season, Lensky in Eugene Onegin, which marked Mr. Fabiano’s Royal Opera debut, the title role in Don Carlo, at San Francisco Opera, and Jacopo in I due Foscari, in concert performances at the Teatro Real. He starred as Rodolfo in a new production of La bohème at the Opernhaus Zurich and performed the Duke in a new production of Rigoletto at the Opéra National de Paris – Opéra Bastille. Mr. Fabiano was also a guest artist on the Opera Gala at the Festival Napa Valley.
During the 2014/15 season, Mr. Fabiano returned to the San Francisco Opera and the Metropolitan Opera for performances as Rodolfo in La bohème, and debuted at Opera Australia in the title role in a new production of Faust; a role he also sang to great acclaim at the Opéra National de Paris – Opéra Bastille, and the Dutch National Opera. He created a sensation at the Metropolitan Opera when he performed Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, replacing an ailing colleague on seven hours’ notice and opened the Glyndebourne Festival starring in the title role of Donizetti’s rarely-performed Poliuto in the first professionally staged production in the history of the United Kingdom. Mr. Fabiano sang Rodolfo in a special concert performance of La bohème from Maschpark, Hannover, which was televised live throughout Germany over NDR.de, sang at the Richard Tucker Gala at Lincoln Center, and was featured in the Italian-Americans documentary, both of which aired on PBS. Additional performances include the Columbus Day Parade in New York City, and special Christmas Concerts with the Montreal Symphony under the direction of Kent Nagano.
Mr. Fabiano has performed at many of the world’s leading opera houses, a list that includes: the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Real, Opéra National de Paris, Dutch National Opera, La Scala, Asociacíon Bilbaina de Amigos de la Ópera, Dresden Semperoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, English National Opera, and the Teatro San Carlo. In addition, he has graced concert stages with some of the world’s most acclaimed orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, and the Vienna Symphony.
Mr. Fabiano also can be seen and heard on numerous recordings for prestigious labels including the “Prologue” to Shostakovich’s Orango with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen on Deutsche Grammophon. On DVD he performs the title role of Donizetti’s Poliuto and Alfredo in La traviata, both from the Glyndebourne Festival on Opus Arte, Cassio in Otello from the Metropolitan Opera on Decca, and Gennaro in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia from the San Francisco Opera on EuroArts and Naxos of America.
Mr. Fabiano is the recipient of Australia’s prestigious Helpmann Award in the “Best Male Performance in an Opera” category, for his portrayal of the title role in Gounod’s Faust with Opera Australia.
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TICKET INFORMATION FOR THE 2016-2017 DALLAS OPERA SEASON
All performances are in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center unless otherwise indicated. Single Tickets range from $19 to $275. Full Subscriptions (five opera productions) begin at $95; Flex Subscriptions (three-performances of your choice) begin 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 2016-2017 FALL SEASON INFORMATION
The Dallas Opera celebrates its Sixtieth 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.
MADAME BUTTERFLY By Giacomo Puccini
March 10, 12(m), 15, 18, 24, & 26(m), 2017
The must see, heart-wrenching Italian opera!
Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica
Time: 1904
Place: Nagasaki, Japan
Conductor: Donato Renzetti
Stage Director: John Copley
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: Anita Yavich
Lighting Designer: Duane Schuler
Wig & Make-up Designer: TBD
Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
Starring: Hui He* (Cio-Cio-San), Gianluca Terranova* (B.F. Pinkerton), Manuela Custer (Suzuki), Lucas Meachem* (Sharpless), David Cangelosi (Goro), Reginald Smith, Jr.* (The Bonze), Will Hughes (Prince Yamadori), Mark McCrory (Imperial Commissioner), Samuel P.J. Lopez (Registrar), Angela Turner Wilson (Kate Pinkerton), Sorrow (TBD)
A classic, period production (new to Dallas) from the San Francisco Opera!
THE TURN OF THE SCREW By Benjamin Britten
March 17, 19(m), 22, 25, 2017
A dark and gripping tale!
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper
Time: 1950s
Place: Bly, an English country house
Conductor: Nicole Paiement
Original Production: Jonathan Kent
Stage Director: Francesca Gilpin*
Set Designer: Paul Brown
Costume Designer: Paul Brown
Lighting Designer: TBD
Wig and Make-up Designer: TBD
Starring: William Burden (Prologue/Peter Quint), Emma Bell* (Governess), Oliver Nathanielsz* (Miles), Ashley Emerson* (Flora), Dolora Zajick* (Mrs. Grose), Alexandra LoBianco* (Miss Jessel)
An acclaimed production from Glyndebourne!
NORMA By Vincenzo Bellini
April 21, 23(m), 26, 29, May 7(m), 2017
A thrilling and suspenseful masterpiece!
Libretto by Felice Romani
Time: 50 B.C.
Place: Roman-occupied Gaul
Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume
Stage Director: Nic Muni
Set Designer: John Conklin
Costume Designer: John Conklin
Lighting Designer: Thomas Hase
Wig & Make-up Designer: TBD
Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
Starring: Elza van den Heever (Norma), Marina Costa Jackson* (Adalgisa), Yonghoon Lee* (Pollione), Christian Van Horn (Oroveso), Mithra Mastropierro* (Clotilde), Charles Karanja (Flavio)
An atmospheric production from Cincinnati Opera!
* 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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