New Heggie Commission Announced
To paraphrase KERA reporter/producer Jerome Weeks: You can’t ask much more from an opera…announcement. Donors and members of the Dallas Opera Chorus and staff gathered onstage to hear a few...
View ArticleFrom the Desk of Artistic Director Jonathan Pell – San Francisco Part 1
San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House illuminated at night in the mist I am in San Francisco to attend a performance of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s MOBY-DICK on Saturday night with almost 40...
View ArticleVery Cool Indeed – Jack O’Brien set to direct GREAT SCOTT
We here at the Dallas Opera couldn’t agree more with what Dallas Morning News reporter Michael Granberry had to say about us hiring Tony Award Winning Director Jack O’Brien to direct Jake Heggie and...
View ArticleFrom the Desk of Artistic Director Jonathan Pell – NYC 3
Other than the blustery arctic winds, today was a perfect day in New York. Today’s auditions resulted in my discovering two really fine singers, and a few others that might prove interesting. The...
View ArticleFrom the Desk of Artistic Director Jonathan Pell, Santa Fe – Part IV
Although I had heard it in concert several years ago, until last night I had never seen a staged performance of Rossini’s “opera seria” (as opposed to his more celebrated comic operas) LA DONNA DEL...
View Article“Great Scott”–$30K from the NEA!
The National Endowment for the Arts has committed $30,000 to the development of a new world premiere opera by composer Jake Heggie and Librettist Terrence McNally entitled, “Great Scott.” The work is...
View ArticleSingle Tickets On Sale for 2015-2016 Season!
Photo by Robert Kusel for Lyric Opera of Chicago FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Monday, July 13, 2015Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014 Or Celeste Hart 214.443.1071suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org...
View ArticleWorld Premiere of Great Scott!
BY JAKE HEGGIE AND TERRENCE McNALLY CO-COMMISSIONED AND CO-PRODUCED WITH SAN DIEGO OPERA STARRING JOYCE DIDONATO AS ARDEN SCOTT Presenting Sponsor Eugene McDermott Foundation OPENING NIGHT: FRIDAY,...
View ArticleOpera Great Frederica von Stade to Appear in Titus Recital!
The Dallas Opera Proudly Presents LEGENDARY MEZZO-SOPRANO FREDERICA VON STADE IN AN EXCLUSIVE RECITAL WITH ACCLAIMED COMPOSER AND PIANIST JAKE HEGGIE SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2016, 2:00 P.M. AT CITY...
View ArticleJoyce DiDonato Honored with 2016 Maria Callas Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 16, 2016 Contact: Suzanne Calvin 214.443.1014 Or Celeste Hart at 214.443.1071 suzanne.calvin@dallasopera.org celeste.hart@dallasopera.org THE DALLAS OPERA IS...
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