Catching up with tenor James Valenti isn’t the problem – it’s keeping up with James Valenti that poses the real challenge. Read on in this feature from Terry Mathews, Arts Editor of the “Sulphur Springs News-Telegram.” James has played the romantic leads in several TDO productions (if you consider the dastardly Duke in “Rigoletto” a romantic lead) and he’s become a local favorite, both inside and outside the Winspear Opera House.
Suzanne Calvin, Director of Media and Public Relations
Here’s General Director and CEO Keith Cerny’s latest edition of “Off the Cuff” from “Theater Jones” in which he tackles the split between the subscribing and single-ticket-buying public and its historical roots, as well as the short-term and long-term impact of evolving buying habits on the performing arts.
Read it all right here.
Suzanne Calvin, Director Media and Public Relations
Something for everyone on FIRST NIGHT at the Dallas Opera! Read on…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, September 30, 2013
Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014
Suzanne.Calvin@dallasopera.org
Or Megan Meister 214.443.1071
Megan.Meister@dallasopera.org
THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
“FIRST NIGHT 2013”
“BY LOVE TRANSFORMED”
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013 AT 5:30 P.M.
THE MARGOT AND BILL WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE AT THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
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NGP ENERGY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, Presenting Sponsor
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Lynn Mock, FIRST SIGHT/FIRST NIGHT Chair
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Pre-performance black-tie dinner at 6:00 followed by 8:00 p.m. Performance of Carmen, concluding with on-site After Party
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LINDA AND MITCH HART SEASON OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE, ENDOWED SUPPORT
DALLAS, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 – The Dallas Opera is thrilled to revive—by popular demand—the exciting festivities marking the opening of a new season, known as FIRST NIGHT. The one-night-only celebrations presented by NGP Energy Capital Management will take place both inside and outside the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Arts District, on Friday, October 25, 2013 beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a lavish black-tie dinner at 6:00 provided by Puck Catering in a beautifully appointed tent in Sammons Park (located just off the main promenade to the Winspear Opera House).
The menu and dinner music, as well as the artistic design, will reflect the cultural influences that dominate the 2013-2014 Season – “By Love Transformed.”
Sophisticated models will show off their extraordinary opera-inspired couture gowns, designed especially for the occasion by five internationally acclaimed fashion designers: Elizabeth Anyaa, Michael Faircloth, Abi Ferrin, Khan Nguyen and Nicolas Villalba. Several of the gowns and original sketches will be auctioned online by FIRST SIGHT sponsor, Heritage Auctions, beginning on October 25th. Read more →
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014
Suzanne.Calvin@dallasopera.org
Or Megan Meister 214.443.1071
Megan.Meister@dallasopera.org
THE DALLAS OPERA IS PROUD TO PRESENT
THE COMPANY’S SPECTACULAR 2013-2014 SEASON OPENER:
GEORGES BIZET’S COLORFUL, SENSUAL MASTERPIECE
CARMEN
LIBRETTO BY HENRI MEILHAC AND LUDOVIC HALÉVY
BASED ON THE NOVELLA BY PROSPER MÉRIMÉE
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STARRING FRENCH MEZZO-SOPRANO CLÉMENTINE MARGAINE IN HER AMERICAN DEBUT, TENORS BRANDON JOVANOVICH AND BRUNO RIBEIRO AS DON JOSÉ, SOPRANO MARY DUNLEAVY AS MICAËLA AND BASS-BARITONE DWAYNE CROFT AS ESCAMILLO
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CONDUCTED BY MAESTRO EMMANUEL VILLAUME
IN HIS PODIUM DEBUT AS TDO MUSIC DIRECTOR
STAGED BY DIRECTOR CHRIS ALEXANDER
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OPENING NIGHT: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013 AT 8:00 PM
(NOTE SPECIAL TIME) WITH ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES
Oct. 27(m), 30, Nov. 2, 8, 10(m)
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SEASON OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE OF CARMEN
WITH ENDOWED SUPPORT FROM
LINDA AND MITCH HART
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
ALICE W. AND RICHARD D. BASS
JOY S. AND RONALD MANKOFF
BETTY AND STEVE SUELLENTROP
JOANNA AND PETER TOWNSEND
JAMES R. SEITZ, JR.
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SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR,
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION
FIRST NIGHT 2013 “BY LOVE TRANSFORMED”
NGP ENERGY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, PRESENTING SPONSOR
PRE-PERFORMANCE BLACK-TIE DINNER & AFTER PARTY
DALLAS, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 – The Dallas Opera is extremely proud to present the opening production of the 2013-2014 “By Love Transformed” Season: Georges Bizet’s colorful, sensual and passionate 19th century masterpiece, CARMEN, one of the most beloved and popular works in the entire opera canon. CARMEN opens on Friday, October 25, 2013 in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Arts District.
The Linda and Mitch Hart Season Opening Night Performance will begin at 8:00 PM; it will be preceded by FIRST NIGHT red carpet arrivals and pre-performance dinner (beginning at 6:00 PM), chaired by Mary Beth and Jay Marshall.
The performance itself will be followed by the sensational after-party hosted by Chairs Rhonda and Fraser Marcus. For tickets and information about FIRST NIGHT 2013, contact Dallas Opera Special Events Manager Tracy Mott at tracy.mott@dallasopera.org
Subsequent performances of CARMEN are scheduled for October 27(m), 30, November 2, 8, and 10(m), 2013, with generous support from Alice W. and Richard D. Bass, Joy S. and Ronald Mankoff, Betty and Steve Suellentrop, Joanna and Peter Townsend, and James R. Seitz, Jr..
Full season subscriptions are still available, beginning at just $76, and single tickets start at a new low price of $19. Contact the Dallas Opera Ticket Services Office at 214.443.1000 or purchase online, 24/7, at dallasopera.org. Read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014 Or Megan Meister 214.443.1071
suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org megan.meister@dallasopera.org
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TDO Achieves First Balanced Operating Budget Since 2005
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Company to Present Four Operas
During 2014-15 Season, in Addition to Everest,
A Dallas Opera World Premiere
DALLAS, TX, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 – The Dallas Opera is extremely proud to announce today that the company has achieved its first balanced operating budget since Fiscal 2005, a full two years ahead of schedule. The company’s latest fiscal year ended on June 30th.
Exactly two years ago, the Dallas Opera faced its most severe financial crisis in modern company history, prompting the TDO Board and General Director and CEO Keith Cerny, who assumed the role in May of 2010, to initiate an aggressive restructuring of company operations. This included the difficult step of cancelling one of the mainstage operas of the 2011-2012 Season, and reducing the 2012-2013 Season to three mainstage operas. These steps were taken as part of a multi-year plan to restore the company’s financial health while maintaining artistic quality, and to achieve a balanced operating budget no later than the end of the 2014-2015 Season.
The subsequent outpouring of board, trustee and public support allowed the company to build a base of multi-year donor commitments, to secure major new gifts, earn an anonymous $10 million dollar match (through an equal amount in donations to the Cultural Renaissance Endowment Fund), dramatically reduce costs without sacrificing overall artistic quality, and steadily reduce the company’s deficits. Read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014
Suzanne.Calvin@dallasopera.org
Or Megan Meister 214.443.1071
Megan.Meister@dallasopera.org
National Press Representation:
Kirshbaum Demler & Associates: adamm@kirshdem.com or 212-222-4843
THE DALLAS OPERA PRESENTS
OPERA ON A WORLD STAGE!
Death and the Powers:
THE GLOBAL
INTERACTIVE SIMULCAST
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2014
AT 2:00 P.M. (Central Time)
THE MARGOT AND BILL WINSPEAR OPERA HOUSE
AT THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DALLAS TX
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Remote locations throughout the U.S. and Europe, including the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, with new interactive capabilities and views!
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PRODUCED BY: TOD MACHOVER, KEITH CERNY, ROBERT A. ELLIS, MIT MEDIA LAB
AND THE DALLAS OPERA
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Death and the Powers supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
DALLAS, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 – The Dallas Opera is privileged to announce an extraordinary and unprecedented experiment in twenty-first century opera: “The Dallas Opera’s Global Interactive Simulcast” of acclaimed American composer Tod Machover’s DEATH AND THE POWERS, scheduled to take place in Dallas on Sunday, February 16th at 2:00 p.m. Central Time, originating in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and being simulcast to as many as ten locations in Europe and the U.S. Read more →