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Entries tagged with 'Dallas Opera'Some bad sightlines at the WinspearThe advantage of the Winspear Opera House's horseshoe shape is that it brings so many seats relatively close to the stage. But people who've gotten seats toward the front of the side balconies are complaining about partial views of the... AT&TPAC Winspear Opera House: major press coverageMajor national and international publications were well represented at Friday's opening performance of the Dallas Opera's "Otello." New York Times chief music critic Anthony Tommasini was there, as were Heidi Waleson of The Wall Street Journal, George Loomis of the... AT&TPAC: Dallas Opera "Otello," Winspear acoustics promisingI went to Tuesday night's dress rehearsal of "Otello," and really liked what I was seeing and hearing. In last week's rehearsal and mixed-bag opening performance, the voices projected powerfully from the stage, but I wanted more presence and weight... AT&TPAC: TERRIBLE time to close Woodall RodgersTXDOT is closing Woodall Rodgers Freeway all weekend, precisely when the Dallas Opera its opening its first production ("Otello") in the Winspear Opera House and Dallas Theater Center opens its first ("A Midsummer Night's Dream") in the Wyly Theatre. With... Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition winnersTen young singers won prizes in the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition Saturday. The contest was held in Gooch Auditorium at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. For the first time in the competition's 21 years, two singers--baritones Steven LaBrie and... Ava Pine singing "Magic Flute" in MilwaukeeSoprano Ava Pine all but stole the show in the Dallas Opera's December 2008 "Die Fledermaus." Now Pine, who started around here singing lighter fare with the Orpheus Chamber Singers and our early-music groups, is singing Pamina in the Florentine... Video: Dallas officials tour new Winspear Opera HouseCheck out this video of the in-progress Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House. Among the numerous performing arts organizations and touring productions, the building will provide space for the Dallas Opera and Texas Ballet Theater. More info on the Dallas... Dallas Opera gets another partner for "Moby-Dick"The Dallas Opera has another partner, the State Opera of South Australia, in commissioning and performing the forthcoming Jake Heggie opera Moby-Dick. Based on the famous Herman Melville novel, the opera will be premiered at the new Dallas Center for... A super's view of the end of an era at the Dallas OperaI had an email from my friend Dick Grote about being onstage during the Dallas Opera's L'Italiana in Algeri, its final production at the Fair Park Music Hall. Dick is a nationally recognized author and consultant on employee evaluation. I... Remember George Steel?He was the preppy New Yorker who lasted only four months as general director of the Dallas Opera. He talked big, but didn't seem very interested in bread-and-butter operas, or how an opera company actually runs. Then, after denying any... Traffic problems (?) at opera this weekendAfter dire warnings of traffic and parking issues for the Dallas Opera's "Italian Girl in Algiers" this weekend, no one was complaining at the opening Friday night. The North Texas Irish Festival, running through Sunday at Fair Park, is projected... Ying Quartet schedule conflictI hate it that Dallas Chamber Music has scheduled the Ying Quartet's concert on the same evening as the first performance of the Dallas Opera's "Italian Girl in Algiers." I heard the Yings, four Chinese-American siblings who grew up in... Jake Heggie previews Dallas Opera "Moby Dick"The Dallas Opera had a nice box lunch for a few of us media types Friday with Jake Heggie, composer of the "Moby Dick" opera that Dallas will premiere in April 2010. Tenor Ben Heppner will star as Captain Ahab.... Traffic, parking alert for Dallas OperaIf you're planning to go to the Dallas Opera's "Italian Girl in Algiers" this weekend, be warned about potential traffic and parking snarls in and around Fair Park. The North Texas Irish Festival is being held at Fair Park starting... What the Dallas Opera needs in a new director is ...Scott Cantrell today taps Seattle Opera general director Speight Jenkins, San Francisco Opera's David Gockley of and Opera America's Marc A. Scorca to analyze what the Dallas Opera should be looking for in its next general director. And here, on... Wanted: eunuchsJust when you think you've seen everything, here's a press release from the Dallas Opera seeking, among other things, EUNUCHS for an upcoming production of Rossini's "Italian Girl in Algiers." Also sought: imposing man to play "Vlad the Impaler" and... More on Dallas Opera "Roberto Devereux""No room! No room!" one of Cinderella's sisters wails over the glass slippers that won't fit. And surely every newspaper journalist sometimes feels the same -- more and more, as space gets tighter. The Dallas Opera's "Roberto Devereux" had some... Dallas Opera's John Cody honoredJohn T. Cody, Jr., who's starting his second stint as interim general director of the Dallas Opera, is one of three recipients of the National Opera Trustee Recognition Award. Presented by Opera America, a national service organization based in New... Another view on Steel's departure: 'Any tears ... would barely fill a thimble'Jeremy Gerard of Bloomberg News is the latest to weigh in on George Steel's departure from the Dallas Opera. He sums up the response among his local friends: "Dancing in the streets exaggerates only a bit. In Dallas, any tears... George Steel staying or going?The hot buzz in the opera world continues to be conjecture on whether George Steel will or will not leave the Dallas Opera to head New York City Opera. Steel, who became general director of Dallas Opera only in October,... |
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