Press Room
The Dallas Opera Announces Casting Updates for 2024/2025 Season
May 21, 2024
The Dallas Opera’s 2024/2025 Season opens with five performances of Verdi’s iconic La traviata, October 18, 20, 23, 26, and 27, 2024. Read more in the press release here.
Applications Now Open for The Dallas Opera’s 2024/2025 Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors
April 26, 2024
The Dallas Opera is now accepting applications for the ninth Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors. The world’s first program designed to advance women opera conductors, the prestigious Hart Institute comprises two sessions in 2024/2025: daily virtual sessions (November 18–22, 2024), many of which are livestreamed and open for the public to view... Read more →
THE DALLAS OPERA NAMES PAOLO BRESSAN AS CHORUS DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF MUSIC
April 4, 2024
After completing an international search, The Dallas Opera (TDO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Paolo Bressan as its next Chorus Director and Head of Music beginning with the 2024/2025 Season. Bressan has been an associate conductor with TDO since 2015, and this season conducted Family performances of Pépito and the National Vocal Competition,... Read more →
THE DALLAS OPERA OFFERS FREE COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES FOR ALL AGES THIS SPRING
March 28, 2024
The Dallas Opera’s iconic OperaTruck—an 18-wheel flatbed, outdoor mobile stage—hits the road again this spring, bringing free opera for all ages to two community locations: First United Methodist Church, 140 Smirl Dr. in Heath, on Saturday, April 6 at 11 a.m. and Tyler Street Tower Independent Senior Living, 922 W 9th Street in Dallas, on... Read more →
THE DALLAS OPERA ANNOUNCES FREE DIGITAL STREAMS OF RECENT PRODUCTIONS
March 21, 2024
Over the next six months, The Dallas Opera (TDO) will release six operas from its 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 seasons for free, on-demand viewing via its digital website and YouTube channel. Each production, recorded live at the Winspear Opera House, will be available for 60 days. All operas feature English subtitles. More details in the press... Read more →
THE DALLAS OPERA ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF ITS NATIONAL VOCAL COMPETITION
March 9, 2024
DALLAS, March 8, 2024—The Dallas Opera (TDO) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition, following their live performances tonight with The Dallas Opera Orchestra, led by Paolo Bressan. More details in the press release here.
THE DALLAS OPERA ANNOUNCES 2024/2025 SEASON FEATURING FOUR CLASSIC TITLES, TWO DALLAS OPERA PREMIERES, AND NUMEROUS DEBUTS
February 29, 2024
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 2024/2025 Season at the Winspear Opera House. The 67th season of The Dallas Opera (TDO) features four mainstage productions, bookended by Verdi’s dramatic La traviata and Puccini’s enduring romance,... Read more →
Nine Finalists Announced for The Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition on March 8
February 13, 2024
The Dallas Opera (TDO) presents the final round of The Dallas Opera National Vocal Competition on Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m., at the Winspear Opera House. More details in the press release here.
The Dallas Opera’s 2023/2024 Mainstage Season Concludes with the Classic Love Story of Romeo and Juliet
February 2, 2024
Charles Gounod’s setting of Shakespeare’s greatest love story, Romeo and Juliet, closes out the 2023/2024 mainstage season at The Dallas Opera (TDO), beginning on Friday, March 1. Three additional performances take place on March 3 (matinee), 6, and 9, at the Winspear Opera House. More details in the press release here.
The Dallas Opera’s 2023/2024 Season Continues with Strauss’ Epic Elektra
January 12, 2024
The 2023/2024 season continues at The Dallas Opera (TDO), on Friday, February 9 with Richard Strauss’ retelling of the classic Greek tragedy, Elektra. Three additional performances take place on February 11(matinee), 14, and 17, at the Winspear Opera House. The February 17 performance will also be livestreamed. More details in the press release here.