The Dallas Opera

July 2008

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Saturday 07/12/08

12:00PM - 12:30PM
Inside The Dallas Opera on WRR 101.1 FM
Listen to WRR 101.1 FM

Sunday 07/13/08

2:00PM - 3:30PM
Milestone Culinary Arts Cooking Class - Austrian Cuisine
Milestone Culinary Arts Center - 4531 McKinney Avenue, Dallas 75205

Sunday 07/13/08

3:45PM - 5:00PM
Milestone Culinary Arts Tasting - Austrian Cuisine
Milestone Culinary Arts Center - 4531 McKinney Avenue, Dallas 75205

Monday 07/14/08

1:00PM - 2:00PM
Suzanne's Book Club - DIE FLEDERMAUS
Barnes and Noble Prestonwood Center - 5301 Beltline Road, Dallas, TX 75254

Monday 07/14/08

7:30PM - 9:30PM
SOLD OUT - Movie Screening: Dracula at the Inwood Living Room (TM)
Inwood Theatre, 5458 West Lovers Lane at Inwood, Dallas, TX 75209

Tuesday 07/15/08

7:00PM - 8:30PM
--SOLD OUT--Lecture and a Schnitzel!- DIE FLEDERMAUS
Jorg’s Café Vienna - 1037 E. 15th Street, Plano, TX 75074

Wednesday 07/16/08

7:30PM - 9:30PM
Movie Screening: Carmen: A Hip Hopera at AT&T Plaza in Victory Park
AT&T Plaza in Victory Park

Thursday 07/17/08

7:00PM - 9:00PM
Ballroom Dancing Lesson at the Sammons Center
Sammons Center - 3630 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75219

Sunday 07/20/08

4:30PM - 6:30PM
AMICI - Champagne Tasting at Dali in One Arts Plaza
Dali Wine Bar & Cellar - One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh St. #102, Dallas, TX 75201

Nabucco

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Nabucco

by Giuseppe Verdi
Sung in Italian with projected English translations
Nov. 10, 12(m), 15 & 18, 2006
A new production and a Dallas Opera premiere!

Inspired by the Old Testament, Nabucco (or Nebuchadnezzar) is the story of the destruction of Jerusalem and the plight of the Hebrew slaves during the Babylonian captivity. Passion, romance and political intrigue mark Giuseppe Verdi�s first overwhelming success, in which a king goes mad, a princess is redeemed, and an entire nation bows before the mighty God of Abraham. This James Robinson production has been conceived and designed by renowned Texas artists Frances Bagley and Tom Orr. Our most requested opera comes to the stage at last! Click here to learn more.

Where have I heard THAT before? In the case of the famous choral anthem �Va pensiero,� you�ve heard it in quite a few movies in recent years, among them: The Color of Money (1986), Godfather III (1990), Tango (1993), Donnie Brasco (1997) and The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002), as well as in ads for British Airways.

Recommended Listening: Jonathan Pell suggests Verdi: NABUCCO � Matteo Manuguerra, Renata Scotto, Veriano Luchetti; Riccardo Muti on EMI Classics # 47488 (Recorded in 1978).

Recommended Reading: �Verdi: His Music, Life and Times� by George Martin. A 633-page tome that reads like a thriller!

Conversation Starter: �Va pensiero� is the only encore conductor James Levine will allow at the Metropolitan Opera. There was an encore during the 1842 premiere of Nabucco, despite a police prohibition against musical repetitions that could start a riot, and it�s nearly as commonplace today as a seventh-inning stretch.

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