The Dallas Opera makes its gripping 2015 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca available free of charge for home viewing.
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TOSCAÂ CASTING CALL
SEEKING FIFTEEN MALE “SUPERS” FOR NON-SPEAKING, NON-SINGING ROLES
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Performers to Appear in TOSCAÂ at the Winspear Opera House
CASTING CALL: Â Monday, October 5, 2015; 7:30-9:30 p.m.
 At the Dallas Opera Rehearsal Center
         DALLAS, September 28, 2015 – The Dallas Opera is in need of fifteen men to perform on stage at the Winspear Opera House during the month of November in its magnificent production of Puccini’s TOSCA. The “Supernumeraries,” non-speaking, non-singing actors who enhance the opera, will perform in this classic, period production which opens on Friday, November 6, 2015.
           The casting call will take place on Monday, October 5, 2015 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Karayanis Rehearsal Production Center, 4301 S. Fitzhugh, Dallas, TX 75210.
           The rehearsal period will run from October 5-November 3, 2015 with specifics to be announced at a later date. The performance dates are November 6, 8 (matinee), 11, 14, 20, and 22 (matinee) and “supers” must be able to attend all performances in order to be considered.
            To apply, please complete the supernumerary information form available at: www.dallasopera.org/supers. Also separately, please send an email to supers@dallasopera.org to let our production department know you will be attending the casting call.
The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House is conveniently located in the heart of the Arts District at 2403 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201.Â
The Dallas Opera Rehearsal Center, where the casting call will take place, is just outside Fair Park (follow the signs to Gate 12) at 4301 S. Fitzhugh, Dallas, TX 75210.
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All performances are in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center unless otherwise described. Single Tickets range from $19 to $275. Full and Flex Subscriptions are on sale starting 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.
In the last two weeks there haven’t been a lot of opera performances to attend, so I utilized the time to catch up on my other great passion—going to the movies.
So far I have seen The Descendants, Hugo, Happy Feet 2, My Week with Marilyn, Like Crazy, The Muppets and The Skin I Live In. A very eclectic bunch of films, I know, but each of them interesting in one way or another.  You can imagine my surprise, though, when near the end of the film, Eric, the little lost penguin in Happy Feet 2, burst into “E lucevan le stelle” from Act III of Tosca !  The text had been altered to reflect the situation in the film, but it was the complete aria, almost exactly as Puccini had written it.  Puccini even got a credit during the end titles !