The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Dallas Opera
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October 20- November 5 2017: Samson and DalilaOctober 27-November 12 2017: La traviataFebruary 9-17 2018: Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s The Ring of PolykratesMarch 9-17 2018: Michel van der Aa’s Sunken GardenApril 13-29 2018: Don Giovanni The Dallas Opera announced a 2017-2018 season which includes the American premieres of the Korngold rarity The Ring of Polykrates and…
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October 30- November 15 2015: Jake Heggie's Great ScottNovember 6-22 2015: Tosca December 4-12 2015: Mark Adamo's Becoming Santa Claus March 4-12 2016: Manon April 15- May 1 2016: Show Boat The Dallas Opera announced a 2015-2016 season which includes two world premieres. Official Site
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October 26- November 11 2012: Aïda April 5-21 2013: Turandot April 12-28 2013: The Aspern Papers Only 3 operas next season, down from 6 in 2011-2012. Latonia Moore sings the title role of Aïda, Lise Lindstrom the title role of Turandot, and Susan Graham has her Dallas Opera debut opposite Carol Vaness in Dominick Argento's…
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Dallas Opera has cancelled a production of Katya Kabanová scheduled for October 28 – November 13 2011. Patricia Racette was to sing the title role. Front Row | Official Site
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Keith Cerny will be the next general director of Dallas Opera, starting May 24, 2010. Press Release [PDF] | Official Site
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Jonathan Pell has been named Artistic Director of Dallas Opera. Official Site | Press Release [PDF]
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October 23- November 8 2009: Otello February 12-28 2010: Così fan tutte February 19- March 7 2010 : Don Pasquale April 30- May 16 2010: Moby-Dick May 7-23 2010: Madama Butterfly Star-Telegram Article | Official Site
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George Steel is assuming the post of general director at the Dallas Opera on October 1st. Steel has been the executive director at Columbia University's Miller Theatre since 1997. Press Release [PDF] | Biography
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"You know, the thing that's really remarkable about that book for the time period in which it was written is the improvisational, free-flowing nature of it. He goes from straight prose to something like love poetry to setting up scenes as though this were a play–and then, back again!" I particularly like that this interview…
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Doubtless you have heard that the current Dallas Opera production of Salomé was laughed at last Friday. By coincidence, just after reading The Dallas Morning News article on Salomé, I heard Radiolab's latest show entirely devoted to laughter. Particularly interesting were the segments on Dr. Jaak Panksepp's research on tickling rats and Dr. Robert Provine's…
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