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  Keith Cerny Left The Dallas Opera in the Lurch. Will the Fort Worth Symphony Have Better Luck?

  February 26 at 4 a.m.

  Like a three-act opera filled with surprise, disappointment, multiple plot twists and, possibly a happy ending, the story of Keith Cerny’s yearlong journey from leading The Dallas Opera to the top job at the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, with a stop along the way in western Canada, is replete with...

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  New Dallas Opera CEO Ian Derrer Plans for Outreach, Inclusion

  Monday, April 23, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  After more than seven years at the helm, Keith Cerny resigned his position as CEO/general director of the Dallas Opera in December. Six months later, the Dallas Opera announced its choice to replace him. Ian Derrer is the new CEO and general director of the Dallas Opera, the eighth in...

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  Don Giovanni Feels Especially Gross During the #MeToo Movement

  Monday, April 16, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  In the Dallas Opera's production of Don Giovanni, there are moments when the women appear flattered by Giovanni’s compliments and advances. After all, Giovanni is a rich, powerful man; the lyrics of one aria ask "How can a nobleman be guilty of such a crime?" But every sexual encounter devolves...

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  Anthony Anderson, Whose GoFundMe Recital Gained National Attention, Is Coming to Fort Worth Opera

  Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  When Anthony Anderson went home from school, nobody could help him with his homework because no one in his family could read music. The youngest of seven kids, Anderson was the only one in the house whose homework included sight-reading music sheets and studying German and Italian. Now 19, Anderson...

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  Sunken Garden at The Dallas Opera Stretches Boundaries With Recorded and Live Performances

  Monday, March 12, 2018 at 9:53 a.m.

  The Dallas Opera presented the U.S. premier Friday night of Sunken Garden, a modern one-act opera first performed in 2013 at the English National Opera. The innovative composer Michel van der Aa collaborated with novelist David Mitchell, who wrote the libretto, to create a multimedia dramatic performance that is part opera...

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  Michel van der Aa, Sunken Garden's Creator, on the High Technology Coming to the Dallas Opera

  Friday, March 9, 2018 at 1:41 p.m.

  Michel van der Aa and I have a bad connection. We’re chatting through Facetime to sidestep international calling fees, but my tech reality isn’t equal to the Grawemeyer Award-winner’s. He’s explaining how he created, composed and filmed the world’s first 3D opera, Sunken Garden, which gets its U.S. debut in...