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    The Bremen Town Musicians

    The Dallas Opera’s exciting new production, The Bremen Town Musicians, is an operatic version of the Brothers Grimm classic fairytale set to music by Rossini, Donizetti, Offenbach, Arthur Sullivan and Verdi. This children’s opera tells the tale of a rooster, dog, cat, and a donkey whose paths cross on the way to the town of Bremen.

    Working together as a team to overcome difficult circumstances, the newly-formed Bremen Town Musicians celebrate the idea that friendship, cooperation, and respect for others is far better than facing our problems alone.

    Schedule for the Performance
    12:30pm Lobby and arts and crafts opens
    1:15pm Hall opens for season subscribers
    1:30pm Hall opens for all ticket holders
    2:00pm performance begins
    2:35pm performance ends

    Pépito

    Local inn hostess, Manuelita, has rejected the advances of rival, Vertigo, and her childhood friend, Miguel. Impressed by her loyalty to her fiancé, Pépito, Miguel agrees to take his place in the military so the couple can marry. However, a letter from Pépito presents stunning news for both Manuelita and Miguel! Learn who finally gets the girl in The Dallas Opera Performing Edition of Offenbach’s charming, one-act comedy.

    English Translation by Mary Dibbern
    Based on the integral edition of the opera by Michael Kaye

    Schedule for the Performance
    12:30pm Lobby and arts and crafts opens
    1:15pm Hall opens for season subscribers
    1:30pm Hall opens for all ticket holders
    2:00pm performance begins
    3:05pm performance ends

    Looking for a fun, educational, and unique way to explore the Dallas Arts District? Look no further!
    The Dallas Opera is proud to announce a new partnership with talkSTEM who will host two of its FREE walkSTEM experiences in the Dallas Arts District as part of our pre-performance activities at the family performances of The Bremen Town Musicians and Pépito!

    Come walk with us! walkSTEM a guided math walk through the Dallas Arts District created in partnership with the National Museum of Mathematics in New York. These FREE walks are designed specifically to engage elementary and middle school-aged children and their families in learning how math is a relevant and dynamic part of our everyday surroundings. Open to families with kids of all ages, teachers, school groups, and interested grown-ups! No unaccompanied minors permitted. You must register in advance to reserve your place as spaces fill up quickly. Sign-up is below.

    For more information about talkSTEM and the walkSTEM initiative, please visit http://talkstem.org/walkstem/.

    walkSTEM@Dallas Arts District April 27, 2019


    The Dallas opera is proud to continue their partnership with the North Texas Food Bank, now entering its fourth year and you can support this partnership and enjoy a family performance for FREE. Simply bring two items from the list below, on the Family Performance day you wish to attend, to receive one FREE ticket.

    NTFB’s Most Needed Items

    • Low-Sodium Canned Vegetables
    • Dried or Canned Beans
    • Whole-Grain Rice or Pasta
    • Healthy Cereal
    • Peanut Butter

    Falstaff

    In Verdi’s final work, he brings Shakespeare’s fat knight to hilarious life in this adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Sir John Falstaff fancies himself a ladies’ man and decides to seduce two wealthy women of the town, Alice Ford and Meg Page.

    Unbeknownst to Falstaff, Mistresses Ford and Page are close friends and immediately realize what he’s up to.

    Enlisting the help of the gossipy Dame Quickly, the ladies take it upon themselves to teach Falstaff a lesson he’ll not soon forget. Toss in a jealous husband in disguise, two young lovers, and multiple double crossings, and you have a madcap comedy that can only end happily for all!

    A Production of the Los Angeles Opera | Sets and Costumes by Adrian Linford | Original Production by Lee Blakely

    The Aspern Papers

    A stranger appears at a once-grand home on Lake Como, seeking a room to rent. Although suspicious of his motives, a long-retired opera star and her niece agree to take the man in. The lodger, obsessed with a composer who died suddenly and tragically, is convinced his final masterpiece is somewhere in this home belonging to this retired opera star. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues over possession of the Aspern Papers. Stars mezzo-soprano Susan Graham as Tina in her long-anticipated Dallas Opera debut, with soprano Alexandra Deshorties as a famous diva, and baritone Nathan Gunn as an obsessed music lover.

    Starring Susan Graham, Alexandra Deshorties, Nathan Gunn, Joseph Kaiser

    Conductor Graeme Jenkins|Stage director Tim Albery

    New production celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Dallas Opera world premiere commission

    The Flying Dutchman

    Through the mist, a ghostly ship appears, with a black mast and blazing red sails – it is The Flying Dutchman. Cursed to roam the seas for all eternity, The Dutchman’s only salvation is to find a faithful wife. Allowed to go ashore every seven years, The Dutchman searches for the one who might finally bring him peace.

    His fortune may have changed when he meets the father of Senta, a beautiful girl whose only wish is to free the mythical Dutchman from his curse, at any cost.

    Senta pledges herself to The Dutchman, but her jilted suitor Erik, and The Dutchman’s centuries of dashed hopes, force her to prove the depths of her love. This production of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman gloriously expands the famous folklore into a harrowing romance for the ages.