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The concert, recorded on smartphones with just two other people in the room, amassed more than 25,000 views on Instagram and Facebook, setting the standard for digital performances over the pandemic. While theaters were dark, Meachem continued to perform on the physical and digital stage, singing his “signature role for good reason” (Opera News) as Figaro in San Francisco Opera’s The Barber of Seville for an innovative “drive-in” experience. Meachem then filmed a movie version of Pagliacci as the romantic lead Silvio with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, set within their own opera house. The Winspear Opera House is a 21st century reinterpretation of the traditional “horseshoe” shaped opera house, engineered specifically for performance of opera and musical theatre, with stages equipped for performance of ballet and other types of dance. The Winspear Opera House is designed by Foster + Partners under Pritzker prize-winning architect Norman Foster and Deputy Chairman Spencer de Grey.
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Peixin Chen is recognized for his majestically resonant bass voice and for a keen dramatic instinct that he brings to a wide range of roles on the international opera stage. His repertoire spans from the comic parts of Donizetti, Mozart and Rossini to the strong and serious roles of Puccini, Verdi and Wagner. Ms. Leonard regularly appears on the stages of the world’s leading opera stages including the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, LA Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, San Francisco Opera, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Salzburg Festspiele, and Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Orchestral highlights include appearances with Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony, among others. The entrance to the Winspear Opera House features the Annette and Harold Simmons Signature Glass Facade, which ascends 60 feet creating a seamless visual appearance between the vibrant red glass panels of the McDermott Performance Hall and the surrounding Sammons Park. AT&T Performing Arts Center provides innovative spaces for these esteemed Dallas performing arts companies.
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This ascension is accompanied by music specially commissioned by composer Philip Glass. This is a list of notable opera houses listed by continent, then by country with the name of the opera house and city. Conlon is deeply invested in the role of music in civic life and the human experience.
Festival of Joy at Klyde Warren Park
As for during the performance, applauding at the end of each piece and after the emcees finish their introductions is customary. Of course, if there’s a certain aspect of the performance that particularly moves or delights you, feel free to applaud mid-piece. We will be continually adding cities to the 2024 season schedule.Please check back later or sign up here to get notified when tickets become available for your city. Whether you find him collaborating with other artistic legends, like Andrea Bocelli or the Red Hot Chili Peppers, or, appearing in his own, stunning music video series, Alone Together, which features performances from his Billboard chart topping album, “CLASSIC,” HAUSER consistently pushes the limits of his cello and his music-making. He is a phenomenon that is one part virtuoso and the other, that of sheer, animal magnetism. For HAUSER’s fans, perhaps it is simply his ability to unify generations of music lovers.
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On April 23, 2023, he was a 2023 grand finals winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. On October 30, 2022, he was the first place winner of Operalia, where he also won the zarzuela prize. Her numerous engagements also led her to the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Semperoper Dresden.
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Anja Vang Kragh has designed costumes for theater, ballet, dance and concerts throughout her native Denmark. She has designed costumes for many opera productions including Pagliacci, Carmen. The Flying Dutchman, Cavalleria Rusticana and the musicals West Side Story and Cabaret in the opera houses of Copenhagen, Oslo, Vienna, Bregenz, Barcelona, the royal Opera House Covent Garden in London and others. For the Israeli Opera she designed costumes for Don Giovanni, Idomeneo and La Traviata. Mr. Conlon’s first season as Artistic Advisor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra includes three weeks of concerts, starting with an October 2021 program of music by historically marginalized composers.
Ms. Zhang earned her master’s degree from the Mannes School of Music, where she was a recipient of the George and Elizabeth Award, and completed her bachelor’s degree at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Ms. Townsend holds a professional studies certificate in opera from the Curtis Institute of Music, a master of music from the Juilliard School, and a bachelor of arts in music from Millsaps College. Additional notable roles in her repertoire include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, the First Lady in The Magic Flute, the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Brenda in Rene Orth's Empty the House, Magda in La Rondine, and the Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia.
You will find that the same tickets can cost anywhere from 5% to 45% less than other similar websites thanks to Ticket Squeeze’s low price and low fee policy. “Quite justifiably, it has come to be recognized as America’s finest opera house,” wrote critic John Allison of Opera (U.K.) magazine. The Center offers underground, on-site, valet and self-parking options during performance times. The Lexus Red parking lot is beneath the Winspear Opera House, and the Lexus Silver parking lot is beneath Moody Performance Hall. Both are accessible from Jack Evans Street on the east end of the Dallas Arts District. Who knows, you might even decide to snap a photo in front of the Shen Yun step-and-repeat wall in the theater lobby and post it on Facebook or Instagram, so you’ll want to make sure it’s a good one.
If you can’t make your performance or your performance is canceled, there are several options for your Dallas Opera tickets. For out-of-town visitors to The Dallas Opera, there are a variety of hotels near the Winspear Opera House, where our performances are held. Spend the night or weekend in the Dallas Arts District to be close to the show and enjoy the vibrant downtown neighborhood full of museums, parks, restaurants, and bars. The Dallas Opera performs at the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District just steps from downtown Dallas and the Uptown neighborhood. The Skyline Terrace features views of downtown and Uptown, with reception or dining space. With sweeping views of downtown and Uptown Dallas, the Skyline Terrace serves as a premier entertainment space for special events.
He was also named Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and, in 2002, personally accepted France’s highest honor, the Legion d’Honneur, from then-President of the French Republic Jacques Chirac. The foundation aims to represent inclusivity and diversity of people today by using classical music as a relevant medium to address current issues through a traditional art form. The Foundation’s annual competition, which utilizes social media in its application process to raise awareness for new compositions, centers around a yearly theme that highlights an important demographic of classical music.
Alongside work by James Turrell, it forms part of the inaugural exhibition at the new Superblue Miami arts center. In the summer of 2022, he joined the Frank R. Brownell III Apprentice Program at Des Moines Metro Opera, where he sung the role of Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and covered the role of the Lawyer in Porgy and Bess. In the summer of 2023, he appears with Aspen Music Festival as the Voice of the Oracle (Neptune) in Idomeneo, also covering the role of General Benjamin in Jimmy Lopez's Bel Canto. Anthony holds a bachelor of music from La Sierra University and a master of music degree concentrating in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, studying under the tutelage of Bradley Williams. Her interpretation of Lina in Verdi's Stiffelio was released on DVD in a production from Parma. Guanqun Yu is winner of the Belvedere singing competition and winner of the renowned Operalia competition.
His most recent engagements elsewhere include singing Remendado in Carmen at Santa Fe Opera, Ernesto in Don Pasquale at New England Conservatory and being on tour performing the roles of Giove and Amphinome in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria with the ensemble I Gemelli. On tour, Anthony performed at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France; Arsenal Theater in Metz, France; and Victoria Hall in Geneva, Switzerland. In the fall of 2021, Anthony also presented the role of Count Almaviva in the Opera Theatre of St. Louis production of The Barber of Seville. During the summer of 2021, Anthony was an Apprentice Artist at Santa Fe Opera covering the role of Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In addition to these contracts, Anthony has performed in other leading roles recently such as Le Chevalier in Dialogue des Carmélites, Agenore in Mozart's Il re pastore, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Tamino in The Magic Flute, the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, and Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance. He was appointed artistic director of the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen at age 26, and successfully oversaw the company moving into a new grand opera house in Copenhagen.
Working with Theatre Projects, a horseshoe plan combined with the dramatic vertical stacking of its seating balconies ensure that the audience is as close as possible to the stage. Intimacy is further reinforced by emphasising the balcony fronts, with their white gold finish highlighted against the rich dark red interior. The acoustics, designed by Bob Essert of Sound Space Design, are also enhanced by the compactness of the auditorium.