The Total Package
A fun piece from Pegasus News’ Teresa Gubbins on her experience at Friday night’s opening performance.
Additionally, there was this comment on the “Sulphur Springs News-Telegram” about being at the right place at the right time…just about all night long:
“Laura Bush was there last night … I walked into the building with Roger Staubach — I have photographic evidence — I rode in the elevator with Mrs. Winspear (her husband gave the initial $42 million to get the project started), I saw the Sultan of Brunei – or his first born male child because no one else on the planet has the kind of money to fund the diamonds he was wearing last night … and his date had on an honest-to-GAWD diamond tiara — I sat one row back and about 10 seats down from the incarnation of Marilyn Monroe (no photographs, though – it woulda been too gauche … and I walked back to the parking garage with Gary Cogill (I have photographic evidence of that) …
Oh, yeah … and the opera was AMAZING …. there are no words. Everyone just needs to take their ears to Dallas and let the fabulous sound and experience wash over them. ”
Now, is that a great testimonial, or what?
Suzanne Calvin, Assoc. Dir. of Marketing, The Dallas Opera
Counting the Days
Terrific coverage this week on the grand opening of AT&T Performing Arts Center and we are all looking forward to the Dallas Opera’s season opener, Verdi’s OTELLO, the first production in the new Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, which will be unveiled to the public when the Guillermo Kuitca curtain goes up on Friday, October 23rd. Check out this advance story by WFAA’s Gary Cogill.
Oh, and don’t forget to come early – you first-nighters. Opening ceremonies at the Winspear start at 7:00 PM and you won’t want to miss it.
Suzanne Calvin, Assoc. Dir. of Marketing, The Dallas Opera
The Countdown has Begun
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We are less than a hundred days away from the opening of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts and WFAA’s “Good Morning Texas” host (and one of our favorite media fellows) Gary Cogill, recently accompanied Dallas Opera Board Member Donald Winspear on a hard hat tour of the new Winspear Opera House, recapped in a face-to-face visit on GMT this week. “Everyone has their passions in life,” explains Mr. Winspear. Although Don doesn’t (yet) have a favorite spot in the Winspear, his passion for the project his parents helped launch hasn’t diminished, nor has his desire to engage and excite all the people of Dallas–and the world.
I think it’s safe to say that, come October, we’re going to paint this town RED.
View Gary Cogill’s tour of the Winspear Opera House with Don Winspear
Suzanne Calvin, Assoc. Dir. of Marketing, The Dallas Opera