Ian Derrer, general director and CEO of the Dallas Opera for the last eight years, will leave Dallas this summer to head the Canadian Opera Company. The preeminent Canadian opera presenter, the ...

The Dallas Opera’s Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO Ian Derrer will not renew his contract when it concludes at the ...

The Dallas Opera is in the market for a new leader. After 10 years with the company, including eight years as general ...

For the second time in a decade, a Dallas Opera CEO is leaving Dallas and heading to Canada: Ian Derrer, who has been the TDO Kern Wildenthal General Director and CEO since 2018, will not renew his ...

Opera companies have long craved a compact, family-friendly hit, good for all ages, like ballet’s Nutcracker. Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors still gets done, although it now seems a bit musty.

The Dallas Opera will present a slate of winter and spring programming from February through May 2026 across Dallas and North Texas. The schedule will include two mainstage operas, family-friendly ...

You may not recognize his face, but if you’ve gone to an opera in Dallas at some point over the last 30 years, you’re likely familiar with the result of his work. Jonathan Pell, The Dallas Opera’s ...

DALLAS, Jan. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas Opera (TDO) concluded 2025 with the successful completion of a $25 million challenge grant from the Texas-based O'Donnell Foundation. The grant and ...

For the penultimate production of its aptly titled 2011-2012 season, Tragic Obsessions, the Dallas Opera presents one of opera’s most dolefully beautiful romances. Guiseppe Verdi’s La traviata, set in ...

DALLAS — When you see a conductor on stage, you see grace and command. But what you don’t see are the countless hours of preparation it takes to get there. For women, that journey has been even harder ...

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