Review: Star mezzo Joyce DiDonato joins Dallas Opera Orchestra, conductor Emmanuel Villaume, in concert
The concert was the Dallas Opera’s first performance with orchestra since November 2019.
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joins conductor Emmanuel Villaume and the Dallas Opera Orchestra at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas on May 10, 2021.(Allison Slomowitz / Special Contributor)
9:16 AM on May 11, 2021 CDT
Airport-style security checks, with metal detectors, have come to the Winspear Opera House. There they were Monday evening, a new imposition from the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
With Texas removing gun restrictions, maybe it’s inevitable. But it did annoy at least one person experiencing his first performance there in a year and a half.