THE DALLAS OPERA 2010-2011 SEASON INFORMATION
The Dallas Opera celebrates its Fifty-Fourth International Season with 30 performances of five productions in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in downtown Dallas. Evening performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees will begin at 2:00 p.m. English translations will be projected above the stage at every performance. Assistance is available for the hearing impaired; inquire at the front desk of the Winspear prior to your performance.
DON GIOVANNI by W.A. Mozart (“The Libertine Punished, or, Don Giovanni”)
Acclaimed as the perfect opera!
October 22, 24(m), 27 & 30, November 5 & 7(m), 2010
An opera in two acts, K527, first performed in the National Theater in Prague on October 29, 1787.
Text by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Time: 18th century
Place: Seville, Spain
Conductor: Nicolae Moldoveanu
Stage Director: John Pascoe
Production Design: John Pascoe
Lighting Design: Jeff Davis*
Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
Choreographer/Asst.Dir.: John de los Santos
Fight Choreographer: Bill Lengfelder
Starring: Paulo Szot (Don Giovanni), Claire Rutter (Donna Anna ), Georgia Jarman* (Donna Elvira), Jonathan Boyd (Don Ottavio), Mirco Palazzi** (Leporello), Ailyn Pérez* (Zerlina), Ben Wager* (Masetto) and Morris Robinson* (The Commendatore).
ANNA BOLENA by Gaetano Donizetti
October 29, 31(m), November 3, 6, 12 & 14(m), 2010
Our final installment of the famed Tudor Trilogy!
An opera in two acts first performed in Teatro Carcano, Milan, December 26, 1830.
Text by Felice Romani.
Time: 16th century
Place: London, England
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Stage Director: Stephen Lawless
Scenic Design: Benoit Dugardyn
Costume Design: Ingeborg Bernerth
Assoc. Costume Design: Julia Müer
Lighting Designer: Mark McCullough
Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
Starring: Hasmik Papian (Anne Boleyn), Denyce Graves (Jane Seymour), Stephen Costello (Lord Percy), Oren Gradus (King Henry VIII), Elena Belfiore** (Smeton), Mark McCrory (Lord Rochfort) and Aaron Blake* (Hervey)
ROMEO AND JULIET by Charles Gounod
February 11, 13(m), 16, 19, 25 & 27(m), 2011
Production from Montréal Opera
An opera in five acts first performed in Paris’ Théâtre Lyrique, April 27, 1867.
Text by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré after William Shakespeare’s play.
Time: Renaissance Period
Place: Verona, Italy
Conductor: Marco Zambelli*
Stage Director: Michael Kahn
Production Design: Claude Girard*
Lighting Design: Mark McCullough
Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
Choreographer: Candace Evans
Fight Choreographer: Bill Lengfelder
Starring: Charles Castronovo* (Romeo), Lyubov Petrova (Juliet), Robert Lloyd (Friar Laurence), Joshua Hopkins* (Mercutio), Roxana Constantinescu* (Stephano), Stephen Morscheck (Capulet), Jane Bunnell (Gertrude), Mark McCrory (The Duke), Aaron Blake (Tybalt) and Stephen LaBrie* (Paris).
RIGOLETTO by Giuseppe Verdi
March 25, 27(m), 30, April 2, 7 & 10(m), 2011
A classic Dallas Opera revival!
An opera in two acts first performed in Venice at Teatro La Fenice, March 11, 1851
Text by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo’s play, Le roi s’amuse
Time: Renaissance Period
Place: Mantua, Italy
Conductor: Pietro Rizzo
Stage Director: Harry Silverstein
Scenic Design: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design: Peter J. Hall
Lighting Design: Stephen Strawbridge
Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
Choreographer/Asst.Dir.: Keturah Stickann
Starring: Paolo Gavanelli* (Rigoletto), Laura Claycomb* (Gilda), James Valenti (The Duke), Raymond Aceto (Sparafucile), Kirsten Chavez* (Maddalena), Stephen Hartley* (Marullo), Aaron Blake (Borsa), Bradley Garvin* (Count Monterone), Quinn Patrick* (Giovanna) and Katie Bolding* (Countess Ceprano).
BORIS GODUNOV by Modest Mussorgsky
April 1, 3(m), 6, 9, 15 & 17(m), 2011
Original production for Royal Opera, Covent Garden!
Text by the composer based on a tragedy by Alexander Pushkin and supplemented by materials from the historical works of Nikolay Mikhaylovich Karamzin and others.
Time: 16th/17th century
Place: Russia and Poland
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Original Production: Andrei Tarkovsky
Stage Director: Stephen Lawless
Production Design: Nicolas Dvigubsky*
Lighting Design: Robert Bryan*
Wig & make-up Design: David Zimmerman
Chorus Master: Alexander Rom
Choreographer: Nicola Bowie
Starring: Mikail Kazakov* (Boris Godunov), Elena Bocharova* (Marina Mniszek), Evgeny Akimov* (The Pretender), Vitally Efanov* (Pimen), Mikhail Kolelishvili* (Varlaam), Sergei Leiferkus* (Rangoni), Allan Glassman (Shuysky), Oksana Shilova** (Xenia), Andrei Spekhov** (Schelkalov), Meredith Arwady* (The Hostess), Keith Jameson (The Simpleton) and Steven Haal (Missail).
* Dallas Opera Debut
** American Debut
For more information, contact The Dallas Opera Ticket Services Office at 214.443.1000 or visit us online atwww.dallasopera.org
(Press release)
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