mercoledì, ottobre 13, 2010

The Dallas opera, season 2010-2011

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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