The 2011-2012 Season
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The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sung in German with English translations projected above the stage
Approx. 3 hours with 2 intermissions
Is it a) Ancient Egypt, b) Europe in the Age of Enlightenment, or c) a land beyond our imagination? The answer is: d) all of the above. Mozart's delightful, adventurous, and slightly daffy opera that tests the limits of loyalty and love leaps off the Winspear stage in this mesmerizing production. Read more!
Performances
| Friday, April 20, 2012 7:30pm |
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| Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:00pm |
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| Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:30pm |
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| Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:30pm |
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| Friday, May 4, 2012 7:30pm | Buy tickets |
| Sunday, May 6, 2012 2:00pm | Buy tickets |
Past performances
Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage
Approx. 3 hours with 2 intermissions
Based on an epic 19th century Scottish romance by Sir Walter Scott and containing several of the most thrilling moments in all of opera, Lucia di Lammermoor propels us into a world where women are reluctant pawns in a dynastic quest for powerful family alliances. Read more!
Performances
| Friday, October 21, 2011 7:30pm |
| Sunday, October 23, 2011 2:00pm |
| Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:30pm |
| Saturday, October 29, 2011 7:30pm |
| Sunday, November 6, 2011 2:00pm |
Tristan & Isolde
by Richard Wagner
Sung in German with English translations projected above the stage
Approx. 4 hours and 30 minutes with 2 intermissions
Love and death are inexorably intertwined in this opera based upon an ancient Celtic legend. In this incomparable work, Wagner, through a combination of musical genius and the sheer force of his personality, shaped radical philosophical ideals about desire, sacrifice, and redemption into a groundbreaking work of art. Read more!
Performances
| Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:00pm |
| Sunday, February 19, 2012 2:00pm |
| Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:00pm |
| Saturday, February 25, 2012 7:00pm |
NEW Chamber Opera Series
The Lighthouse
by Peter Maxwell Davies
Sung in English with English translations projected above the stage
Approx. 72 minutes with no intermission
TDO presents the first in its Chamber Opera Series in collaboration with the Dallas Theater Center. Join us for this new production of the ultra-creepy and suspenseful opera by Peter Maxwell Davies. Read more!
Performances
| Friday, March 16, 2012 7:30pm |
| Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:30pm |
| Sunday, March 18, 2012 2:00pm |
La traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage
Approx. 3 hours with 2 intermissions
Set in 19th century Paris, where the young heir to a distinguished family name falls passionately in love with a woman of uncertain virtue. Will she listen to his father's pleas and abandon the only man who can truly touch her heart, in order to save him? Read more!
Performances
| Friday, April 13, 2012 7:30pm |
| Sunday, April 15, 2012 2:00pm |
| Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:30pm |
| Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:30pm |
| Friday, April 27, 2012 7:30pm |
| Sunday, April 29, 2012 2:00pm |
Doctor Miracle
by Georges Bizet
Approx. 1 hour with no intermissions
A hilarious 1-act opera about a young man’s quest to marry his true love, the mayor’s daughter. He must disguise himself as a servant who makes a “poison” omelet, and as a doctor who saves the family — all for the sake of true love. Read more!
Performances
| Friday, January 27, 2012 7:30pm at Dallas Children’s Theater |
| Friday, February 3, 2012 7:30pm at Dallas Children’s Theater |
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