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    Season Announcement

    Cool collabs fill the bill for Dallas Opera's 2019-20 season

    Lindsey Wilson
    Jan 25, 2019 | 12:34 pm
    Dallas Opera presents Pulcinella
    Pulcinella will be a collaboration with Dallas Black Dance Theatre.
    Photo by Brian Guilliaux

    It's been 10 years since the Winspear Opera House opened, and the Dallas Opera is paying tribute to the sleek scarlet building by naming its 63rd season "Standing Ovat10n."

    Of the five mainstage productions, audiences can expect to see a co-production with Santa Fe Opera of a rarely performed work; a ballet with song — featuring dancers from Dallas Black Dance Theatre — on a double bill with a one-woman drama; and three perennial favorites.

    "The coming season offers a splendid opportunity to both celebrate and recollect our first decade in the Winspear Opera House," says the DO's general director and CEO Ian Derrer. "It is also marked by a balanced mix of great opera in several languages, from classic to modern, in both popular and brand-new productions."

    It begins with Mozart's The Magic Flute, set in a fairytale world where a young prince must brave enchanted beings and beasts to rescue his love. This production, originally directed by the late Sir Peter Hall, was designed by British cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, best known for a half century of scathing political cartoons for The London Sunday Times and for directing and designing the animation sequence for Pink Floyd's film and concert versions of The Wall. Sung in German with English supertitles, it runs October 18, 20 (matinee), 23, 26, and November 1 and 3 (matinee).

    Next is a work by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, perhaps best known as the composer of Scheherazade. The Golden Cockerel centers on a lazy king who's surrounded by terrible advisors, a leader who'd rather be in bed eating bonbons than waging war. But when an astrologer gives him a magic bird that will sound the alarm whenever danger is near, the king thinks he can rest easy — until a voluptuous young queen arrives and demands his keys to the kingdom. Co-produced with the Santa Fe Opera and sung in Russian with English supertitles, it runs October 27 (matinee), 30, and November 2.

    A concert version of Verdi's Don Carlo is the first opera of 2020, bringing the Spanish Inquisition to the stage. A French princess is forced to marry King Philip II of Spain against her will when her heart belongs to Don Carlo in what The New York Times described as "the Hamlet of Italian opera." A generation has passed since the Dallas Opera's sole presentation of this titanic tale of clashing Catholics and Protestants, and it runs March 20, 22 (matinee), 25, and 28.

    The double bill of Stravinsky's Pulcinella and La Voix Humaine by Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau brings music and dance together into one experience. Dallas Black Dance Theatre supports the three singers of Pulcinella, which is about a mercurial rogue who constantly interrupts other people's romances because the ladies can't resist him. Patricia Racette, meanwhile, is starring in the one-woman show whose title translates to The Human Voice, about a woman who's having one final phone conversation with her callous and longtime lover, who is leaving her for another. The two shows — which have never before been seen in Dallas — run April 3, 4, 5 (matinee), and 8.

    A longtime favorite closes out the season: Rossini's The Barber of Seville. This sunny comedy is filled with famous tunes and centers on "Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!" a scheming barber and jack-of-all-trades who plots to release the pretty young Rosina from her gilded cage so his pal Count Almaviva can marry her. It runs April 24, April 26 (matinee), 29, May 2, 8, and 10 (matinee).

    The Dallas Opera's acclaimed family performance series, which aims to help children develop an early love of opera and music, also continues with two shows.

    An operatic version of the Brothers Grimm classic fairytale The Town Musicians of Bremen is enhanced with music by Rossini, Donizetti, Offenbach, Arthur Sullivan, and Verdi to become The Bremen Town Musicians. A rooster with operatic aspirations is chased away from his farm for waking the barnyard with his tenor arias, while a dog and a cat are cast out by their owner for being too old to catch rabbits and mice. The three animals run into the woods near the road to Bremen, where a retired army donkey is playing his drum. Working together as a team to overcome difficult circumstances, the newly formed Bremen Town Musicians celebrate the idea that friendship, cooperation, and respect for others is far better than facing problems alone. Performances are October 13, 2019, and April 4, 2020.

    Doctor Miracle by Georges Bizet is a romantic, one-act operetta about love and omelets that Bizet composed for a music competition when he was just 18 years old. A youthful vitality permeates this story, set in 19th-century Padua, Italy, in the home of the mayor, his wife Veronica, and his love-struck daughter, Laurette. She's enamored of the ever-resourceful Silvio, an army captain, who dons one disguise after another to infiltrate the household, in order to win the hand of the girl he adores. Performances are October 6, 2019, and March 21, 2020.

    Flex subscriptions for three mainstage performances of your choice begin at $24, while full subscriptions begin at $100 for all five productions. New subscriptions will become available on April 2, 2019.

    Single tickets for next season will start at $19 and are expected to go on sale in early July. Student rush $15 tickets are available 90 minutes prior to curtain with a valid student ID.

    For additional information, call the Dallas Opera ticket services office at 214-443-1000 or go online at www.dallasopera.org.

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    Theater Critic Picks

    What to see onstage in Dallas-Fort Worth now: 11 openings for December

    Lindsey Wilson
    Dec 1, 2025 | 6:36 pm
    Uptown Players presents Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas
    Photo courtesy of Uptown Players
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    Whether you're seeking holiday nostalgia, family-friendly fun, or show-stopping spectacle, theaters across DFW are ready to deliver. Keep in mind that a lot of holiday shows opened last month and play well into December, so these entries are in addition to those.

    Here are 11 shows opening at Dallas-Fort Worth theaters in December, listed in order of start date:

    All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
    Stage West Theatre, December 3-21
    On Christmas Eve 1914 in the cold trenches of World War I, something miraculous happened. A lone soldier stepped into no man’s land, lifted his voice in song and began this remarkable true story. In that no-longer-silent night, troops from both sides laid down their weapons for an extraordinary holiday celebration of music, feasting, and camaraderie.

    Black Nativity
    Bishop Arts Theatre Center, December 4-21
    This reimagined production follows a family coming together to celebrate the holiday season while carrying the weight of a recent loss. Guided by the wisdom of their ancestors and interwoven with the timeless story of the birth of Jesus, the heartfelt retelling offers both reflection and joy.

    The Lion in Winter
    Theatre Three, December 4-28
    Set during Christmas in the court of 12th-century England, The Lion in Winter follows King Henry II as he reunites his estranged queen and their sons for the holidays, igniting a battle over succession. The play examines family conflict, shifting alliances, and the pursuit of power.

    A Christmas Story: The Musical
    Broadway at the Bass, December 5-7
    From Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the songwriting team behind Dear Evan Hansen and The Greatest Showman, A Christmas Story: The Musical brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life onstage.

    Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings
    Lyric Stage, December 5-21
    At first, Francis, Jinx, Smudge, and Sparky aren't sure why they've returned to Earth for another posthumous performance, but a phone call from the heavenly Rosemary Clooney lets them know that they're needed to put a little harmony into a discordant world. Sprinkled among the Christmas offerings are audience favorites, like their riotous three-minute-and-eleven-second version of The Ed Sullivan Show — this time featuring the Rockettes, the Chipmunks, and The Vienna Boys Choir, as well as a Plaid Caribbean Christmas that puts the "Day-O" in Excelsis.

    Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas
    Uptown Players, December 5-14
    In this festive world premiere, Carol Ann Knipple — Uptown’s hilariously misguided theatrical dreamer from When Pigs Fly — returns with a new holiday spectacular. After her beloved Melody Barn burns to the ground, Carol Ann heads to Dallas to mount the show of her dreams … at a theater she doesn’t quite understand.

    A Winter's Cabaret
    Amphibian Stage, December 12-13
    The annual cabaret returns for an evening of cozy nostalgia, laughter, and a touch of holiday magic. The event will celebrate two local talents: Amber Marie Flores (last seen at ‘Phib' in Juan Garcia), and Zak Reynolds. Under the music direction of Vicky Nooe, the one-hour performance blends humor, tenderness, and song into a feel-good celebration of the season.

    Disney's Beauty and the Beast
    Broadway Dallas, December 16-January 4
    Disney’s 30th anniversary production is a breathtaking musical filled with the romance and grandeur. The enchanting and timeless tale has been brought to life like never before, with spectacular new sets and dazzling costumes. The show boasts the Oscar-winning and Tony Award-nominated score, including the classic songs “Be Our Guest” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

    Leslie Odom, Jr.: The Christmas Tour
    AT&T Performing Arts Center, December 20
    This festive concert features holiday classics, originals from Odom's Christmas albums, and special performances of songs from Hamilton, the Broadway phenomenon that earned him a Tony for his iconic role as Aaron Burr.

    Sarah Brightman: A Winter Symphony
    AT&T Performing Arts Center, December 21
    Soprano Sarah Brightman, of Phantom of the Opera fame, comes to Dallas with her new Christmas spectacle featuring an orchestra, choir, special guests, and Brightman performing many of her holiday classics and greatest hits.

    Mrs. Doubtfire
    Broadway at the Center, December 26-28
    Out-of-work actor Daniel Hillard will do anything for his kids. After losing custody in a messy divorce, he creates the kindly alter ego of Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives. As his new character takes on a life of its own, Mrs. Doubtfire teaches Daniel more than he bargained for about how to be a father.

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