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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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