The Dallas Opera - The Merry Widow Fun Facts

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

The Merry Widow Fun Facts

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	THE MERRY WIDOW - EMI 67367 (Schwartzkopf, Gedda)
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	Opera Is Not "Musical Spinach"


	We’ve said it, time and again: opera is not “musical spinach.” Yes, it’s nutritious, substantial even, but you don’t have to hold your nose and swallow. Opera is consistently entertaining, both onstage and off, and occasionally, it’s downright outrageous. Need proof? Check out these Fun Facts.

Where have I heard THAT before?

Music from The Merry Widow has been used in the films “Shadow of a Doubt” (1943), “Waltz Time” (1945), “Torture Me, Kiss Me” (1970), and “Man of the Century” (1999). In television, it was used on an episode of “Happy Days” (1980), and selections from it were heard during “The Three Tenors in Concert” (1994).

Conversation Starters:

The structure of an operetta like The Merry Widow is episodic and each musical number stands apart. As in certain operatic eras, songs could be given several encores to satisfy the public and a musical number was rated by how well it could “walk out the door” and become a big hit in cafés, band concerts, dance halls or variety shows. Virtually every song in The Merry Widow had this ability to stand alone. Costumes were copied by the public. The manners were imitated. Even lines from the show were quoted to show sophistication. It was a veritable hit machine!

Did you know?

Within three and a half years of its premiere, The Merry Widow was performed more than 18,000 times in German, English and American theaters.

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