Since joining the Dallas Opera Orchestra in 1999, Eric has also enjoyed an active and varied career as a free-lancer, including frequent engagements as an extra with the Fort Worth Symphony. A free video stream will be available within a couple of weeks. 9 essential listening a fiery performance majestic yet sensual. Designer/director Franco Zeffirelli also made his US debut there. Programming for The Dallas Opera's 2022/2023 Season was announced today by Ian Derrer, The Dallas Opera's Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO, and Emmanuel Villaume, the Mrs. Eugene McDermott Music Director, in celebration of the company's 65th Anniversary.The season features four new-to-Dallas mainstage productions-Verdi's dramatic Rigoletto, Humperdinck's charming Hansel and Gretel, Wagner's epic Das Rheingold, and Mozart's mischievous comedy Cos fan tutte-plus its annual Titus Family recital, this year featuring soprano Ying Fang; a free season-opening People's Choice concert in the fall; two family operas: The Billy Goats Gruff and The Elixir of Love; the biennial Lone Star Vocal Competition; and the annual Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert. One of Mozart's three Da Ponte operas, Cos stars sopranos Sara Gartland as Fiordiligi and Diana Newman as Despina; mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong-in her TDO debut-as Dorabella; baritone Lucas Meachem (The Barber of Seville, 2021/2022) as Guglielmo and tenor David Portillo as Ferrando; and baritone Rod Gilfry, as Don Alfonso. With new video equipment, video streams are subsequently available for purchase. The Dallas Opera | 4,977 followers on LinkedIn. However, his plans for expanding the company's repertory did not come to fruition in the wake of an economic downturn during his tenure, and he stood down from the post in 2003. Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Dallas Opera Orchestra, with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas on Monday, May 10, 2021. Keith Cerny's yearlong journey from leading The Dallas Opera to the top job at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, with a stop along the way in western Canada, is replete with dramatic intrigue. Born in New York City, Liesl lived most of her early years in South Africa. The 2022/23 season will mark New's eighth season as Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra and her fourth season as Principal Guest Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The company performs at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, one venue of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. 1. No, it comprised three serious works about doomed characters: the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, the legendary Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus, and, via composer Jake Heggie, the sculptor Camille Claudel. 2022 DALLAS SYMPHONY GALA OCTOBER 1, 2022. He previously worked with Dallas Opera from 2014 to 2016 as an artistic administrator.[7]. We invite you to join us! The production from San Francisco Opera opens at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House (2403 Flora St., Dallas, TX) on Friday, March 24, at 7:30pm with three performances to follow on March 26 (m), 29, and April 1. A long-time student of the late Lev Aronson, Mr. Maxwell is an active chamber music performer in the Dallas area and is one of the founding members of the Trinity Chamber Players. Conductor Lawrence Loh will lead the DSO in E.T. American composer Balch was honored at the 2020 DSO Women in Classical Music Symposium, when she was chosen by Hilary Hahn to receive the Career Advancement Award. That can be music that is truly new and contemporary as well as music that is new to us, forgotten works or forgotten artists who deserve to be performed. It does not represent the views, positions, or opinions of The Dallas Opera, but only those of the musicians and their Union, The Dallas/Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association, Local 72-147, American Federation of Musicians. Former staff classical music critic Scott Cantrell continues contributing as a freelance writer on classical music and art. Playing a Mahler Symphony to . ); at home in Connecticut, she tends her neglected garden and reconnects with her husband, bassist Ed Allman. 6. After the musicians and the company reached their deal on temporary pay, he sent a letter to the Mets leaders urging them to find a solution to compensate our artists appropriately.. Donna and Herb Weitzmanwill chair the event and will lead the planning and fundraising for the DSOs signature benefit event. Ms. Peguero has performed as a soloist with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Dominican National Symphony, as well as in a chamber performance in the Texas Musical Outreach concert series featuring the Beethoven string quartets. [3], Keith Cerny was general director and CEO from May 2010 until January 2018. On the side, Eric is also an accomplished guitarist, and enjoys playing the bass guitar alongside Dallas Opera colleagues Norman Stone and Drew Lang in the rock band Scarlet Vermillion. Our Dallas Opera family also includes our music director and conductor Emmanuel Villaume and principal guest conductor Nicole Paiement. DSO audiences will experience all the mystery and fun of this beloved movie, complete with John Williamss Academy Award-winning score performed live with the full film. "Our time with the Met Opera Orchestra Musicians was inspiring, emotional and full of memories that we all will hold dear for a very long time. (January 5, 7 and 8, 2023), Karina Canellakis, Chief Conductor of Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and former DSO Assistant Conductor will return to the Meyerson for a program including Dvoks The Wood Dove and Lutosawskis Concerto for Orchestra. "The past two years have taught us that people's appetite for grand opera has never been greater," said General Director and CEO Ian Derrer. RIGOLETTO. The musicians, who went unpaid for nearly a year, have been invited to join Fabio Luisi, their former principal conductor, and his Dallas Symphony for two benefit concerts. AsVanity Fairnotes, she is young, highly successful, [and] politically engaged, with the ability to inject each note she sings with a sense of grace and urgency, lending her performances the feel of being both of the moment and incredibly timeless.. Trumpet. Take advantage of these great prices soon because there are only 47 Our Town tickets left. (October 7, 8 and 9, 2022), As a prelude to the fourth annual Women in Classical Music Symposium, Luisi will present music by three female composers, two from the 19th century and one from the mid-20th century. It will be a power-packed evening of the decades #1 hit songs, includingThe Power of Love, Time After Time, Material Girl, Another One Bites the Dust, Footloose, Addicted to Loveand many others. New subscriptions will be available starting Friday, April 15, 2022. Kevin McAllister gets left Home Alone in a screening of the 1990 classic holiday film. The Dallas Morning News hailed the performance as a sonic extravaganza and full of dazzling excitement. Also broadcast last fall, on Bloomberg TV and Presented by Toyota, was the Concert of Remembrance, a performance by Luisi and the DSO of Mozarts Requiem, dedicated to the memory of all the lives lost in the COVID-19 pandemic. Programming and ticket availability will be announced at a later date.The Dallas Opera's annual Robert E. and Jean Ann Titus Family Recital returns on Sunday, January 15, 2023, and will feature renowned soprano Ying Fang. The Texas Instruments Classical Series, Pops Series Presented by Capital One, Dallas Symphony Presents and Family Concert Series, Presented by the Men and Women of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. will showcase a remarkable range of repertoire that represents the past, present and future of classical and orchestral music. (October 28, 30(m), November 2, and 5, 2022)"We are all extremely excited for this next season, our 65th," said Music Director Emmanuel Villaume. (September 22-24, 2022), Spanish conductor Juanjo Mena will make his DSO debut with works by Haydn, Ginastera and Debussy. Denise McGovern | Vice President of Communications & Media | Dallas Symphony Orchestrad.mcgovern@dalsym.com, Sidney Hopkins | Communications & Media Manager | Dallas Symphony Orchestras.hopkins@dalsym.com, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center Double Bass. This years Award of Excellence will be presented to soprano Julia Bullock, who will deliver the keynote address. Summer music festivals she has participated in include two years with the Colorado Conservatory in Colorado Springs and three years with the Breckenridge Music Institute in Colorado. The DSO, under the direction of Jayce Ogren, will perform John Williamss score live to film. The orchestra noted in a news release that the concerts would present the first opportunity in over a year for many of the Mets musicians who recently began receiving partial pay as they negotiate a new contract to perform together for a live audience. Heggie, a highly successful American composer whose operas Moby-Dick (2010) and Great Scott (2015) were commissioned and premiered by the Dallas Opera, was represented by his 2012 song cycle Camille Claudel: Into the Fire. (October 29 and November 6, 2022; February 5 and March 25, 2023)As a gift to Texas audiences, the season begins with a free People's Choice concert, which will take place on Saturday, October 1. 2301 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201, MUSIC DIRECTOR FABIO LUISI EMBARKS ON THE THIRD SEASON OF HIS TENURE IN THE TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CLASSICAL SERIES, TWO WORLD PREMIERES ONE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE; PROGRAMMING REPRESENTATIVE OF MODERN AMERICA FROM LATINO/A VOICES TO REFLECTIONS ON THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA, PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR GEMMA NEW RETURNS TO CONDUCT THREE PERFORMANCES, PINCHAS ZUKERMAN RETURNS FOR SECOND SEASON AS ARTISTIC & PRINCIPAL EDUCATION PARTNER, COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE ANGLICA NEGRNS THIRD SEASON INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE OF, EIGHTEEN TOP ARTISTS MAKE THEIR DSO DEBUT INCLUDING JAMES CONLON, RANDALL GOOSBY, LIDO PIMIENTA AND JUKKA-PEKKA SARASTE, FOURTH WOMEN IN CLASSICAL MUSIC SYMPOSIUM CONVENES NOVEMBER 6-9, 2022, HONORING SOPRANO JULIA BULLOCK, PRINCIPAL POPS CONDUCTOR JEFF TYZIK LEADS THE POPS SERIES, PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE, JAZZ SERIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS & LETTERS PRESENTS ITS THIRD YEAR, PERFORMANCES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY FROM MOVIES-IN-CONCERT TO A CELEBRATION OF DA DE LOS MUERTOS TO THE ACROBATIC TROUPE VERTIGO, HOLIDAYS AT THE DSO RINGS IN THE SEASON WITH SELECTIONS FROM THE. The official Twitter account of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She has played in music festivals including the National Repertory Orchestra, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and the Des Moines Metro Opera. Before Dallas, he spent seven critically acclaimed seasons at the Met, six as principal conductor. Next Stage, Presented by PNC Bank will offer select performances from the Texas Instruments Classical Series, the Pops Series, Presented by Capital One and Dallas Symphony Presents concerts on-demand at watch.dallassymphony.org, the DSOs media portal. She is a recent graduate of SMU's Meadows School of the Arts, where she was on a full artist scholarship as a pupil of Chee-Yun and won the SMU Meadows Concerto Competition in 2010. Shawna Hamilton has received her bachelor and master degrees in music performance at the University of North Texas where she studied with cello professor Eugene Osadchy. Colin received a Masters degree in viola performance from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, and Bachelor degrees in music performance and education from the University of Colorado at Boulder. This website is owned and operated by The Dallas Opera Players Committee. He enjoys biking with his wife, and is big fan of cats. Local business leaders will take starring roles conductor, narrator, song-leader from the stage at the Meyerson, and companies around Dallas will network and celebrate the holidays. The Dallas Symphony will continue its popular digital concert series in 2022/23. The Dallas Opera Calendar of Events Download a copy of the 2022/2023 65th Anniversary Season brochure Subscription packages to the 2022/2023 65th Anniversary Season are still available! On one of the rare occasions when the . (February 23, 24 and 25, 2023), Jukka-Pekka Saraste will make his DSO debut in a program of Russian music. Mr. Maxwell was a faculty member and the . In Texas, where she has lived for the past 14 years, she has played in numerous symphonies, including the Fort Worth Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and Richardson Symphony. 4, the cinematic Romantic, the first time during his tenure that Luisi has presented Bruckner. Without dancers, the music will take center stage. NEXT STAGE DIGITAL CONCERT SERIES, PRESENTED BY PNC CONTINUES. The DSO will present Holly Jolly Celebration: A C-Suite Christmas on Wednesday, December 7.