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The Dallas Opera Honors Soprano Sylvia D’Eramo with 2024/2025 Maria Callas Debut Artist Award
June 12, 2025
The Company Also Announces General Director’s Award Recipient and New Board Directors and Trustees At The Dallas Opera’s (TDO) Final Board and Trustees meeting of the 2024/2025 Season Thursday, Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO Ian Derrer announced the company’s annual award recipients. Additionally, seven new board directors and three new trustees were elected. ... Read more →
Sign Your Children Up for The Dallas Opera’s Kid’s Opera Boot Camp!
June 3, 2025
Bring the magic of music and opera to your children’s summer with the annual Kid’s Opera Boot Camp from The Dallas Opera (TDO). Led by TDO’s Education staff and Teaching Artists, this FREE, 3-hour workshop teaches children the ins and outs of putting on an opera performance. Read more in the Media Alert here.
The Dallas Opera Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors
The Dallas Opera (TDO) marks a milestone in its 2025/2026 Season: the 10th anniversary of The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors (HIWC). In 2015, to address gender imbalance on opera podiums, TDO launched the Hart Institute to train women conductors. More than 500 candidates from 40 nations have applied to be trained,... Read more →
The Dallas Opera names Emily Sitton as the new TDO Director of Marketing and Communications
May 15, 2025
After a nationwide search, The Dallas Opera (TDO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Sitton as the company’s next Director of Marketing and Communications. Read more in the press release here.
The Dallas Opera Announces Schedule for Free Streaming of Recent Productions
May 1, 2025
Beginning today, The Dallas Opera (TDO) will release selected operas from its past three seasons for free, on-demand viewing via its digital website and YouTube channel. Each production was recorded live at the Winspear Opera House and will be released by seasons May through November. All operas feature English subtitles. Read more in the press... Read more →
The Dallas Opera Announces Free, On-Demand Streaming of Recent Productions
April 7, 2025
Beginning May 1, The Dallas Opera (TDO) will release selected operas from its past three seasons for free on-demand viewing via its digital website and YouTube channel. Scheduled are recent productions from the 2024/2025 Season, Verdi’s La traviata and Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice, as well as operas from the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 seasons. The full... Read more →
THE DALLAS OPERA ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF ITS LONE STAR VOCAL COMPETITION
March 7, 2025
The Dallas Opera (TDO) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Dallas Opera Lone Star Vocal Competition, following their live performances tonight at the Winspear Opera House. The event was hosted by soprano Sylvia D’Eramo, who stars in TDO’s current production of La bohème. Read more in the press release here.
The Dallas Opera Announces its 2025/2026 Season
March 4, 2025
Ian Derrer, The Dallas Opera’s Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO, and Emmanuel Villaume, The Mrs. Eugene McDermott Music Director, announce programming for The Dallas Opera’s 2025/2026 Season at the Winspear Opera House. Read more in the press release here.
10 Finalists Announced for The Dallas Opera’s Lone Star Vocal Competition on Friday, March 7
February 11, 2025
The Dallas Opera (TDO) presents its biennial Lone Star Vocal Competition at the Winspear Opera House. The 10 finalists are soprano Amelia Burshe, bass-baritone Sam Dhobhany, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche, mezzo-soprano Joanne Evans, soprano Alissa Goretsky, mezzo-soprano Ani Kushyan, mezzo-soprano Kayla Nanto, baritone Michael Pandolfo, soprano Ardeen Pierre, and soprano Laura Corina Sanders. Read more in... Read more →
The Dallas Opera Concludes Its 2024/2025 Mainstage Season with Puccini’s La bohème Feb. 28 – Mar. 9
January 31, 2025
On Friday, February 28, The Dallas Opera opens La bohème at the Winspear Opera House with five performances to close out its 2024/2025 season. One of the world’s most beloved operas, Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 masterpiece has long been a fan-favorite at The Dallas Opera, which first presented it in 1961. This season’s revival is TDO’s... Read more →