Houston Grand Opera to resume staged productions in October here’s what is coming Dallas Opera has delayed full-scale opera productions until March 2022
Houston Grand Opera will start up its season this year with Carmen, showing Oct. 22-Nov. 7.(Lynn Lane)
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The Snowy Day (world premiere of a holiday opera by composer Joel Thompson and librettist Andrea Davis Pinkney, based on the children’s picture book by Ezra Jack Keats): Dec. 9-19
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Romeo and Juliet (Gounod): Apr. 29-May 11
Casts conspicuously feature alumni of the company’s distinguished apprentice program, along with prominent singers including sopranos Christine Goerke and Anna Caterina Antonacci and baritone Rod Gilfry. Also of note, four of the six productions will be conducted by women, including Lidiya Yankovskaya, a former participant in the Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors. The
Dallas Symphony announces full-orchestra 2021-22 season, innovative programs
Music director Fabio Luisi will conduct 11 programs, including concert performances of Tchaikovsky’s Opera ‘Eugene Onegin.’
Music director Fabio Luisi conducts during the season-opening Dallas Symphony concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center in September 2020.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Hoping for much better control of the coronavirus pandemic by fall, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced a 2021-22 season of full-orchestra performances, even works with chorus.
Music director Fabio Luisi will conduct 11 programs, including a gala with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and concert performances of Tchaikovsky’s opera
Eugene Onegin. Principal guest conductor Gemma New will lead three programs. Former music director Andrew Litton will return to mark the 30th anniversary of his DSO debut.
In a ‘heartbreaking’ decision, the Dallas Opera calls off its spring season
The company also announces its plans for full-scale productions at the Winspear Opera House starting in February 2022.
The ensemble performs in Act 2 during the final dress rehearsal of La Bohème presented by the Dallas Opera at the Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas on March 12, 2019.(Daniel Carde / Staff Photographer)
In an unsurprising reverse, the Dallas Opera has announced the cancellation of its previously revised 2020-21 season, citing ongoing concerns over COVID-19. The company had planned to present four mainstage productions, in versions edited down to less than 90 minutes, at the Winspear Opera House in the spring. While those performances have been nixed, the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s
Dallas Opera plans live spring performances in the Winspear Opera House with big differences
Operas will last no more than 90 minutes, and audiences will be reduced to 30% capacity.
Olga Pudova performs as the Queen of Shemakha during dress rehearsal of the Dallas Opera s production of The Golden Cockerel on Oct. 22, 2019 at the Winspear Opera House.(Nitashia Johnson / Special Contributor)
The Dallas Opera on Thursday announced changes to its spring performance plans at the Winspear Opera House.
Ending a yearlong performance hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, most previously scheduled performance dates remain the same. But there will be changes to the four productions, each of which will last no more than 90 minutes.