Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Dallas Opera Announces 2023/2024 Season featuring World Premiere of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

DALLAS, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas Opera's 2023/2024 Season was announced today by Ian Derrer, The Kern Wildenthal General Director, and Emmanuel Villaume, The Mrs. Eugene McDermott Music Director.

Key Points: 
  • The Dallas Opera kicks off the 2023/2024 Mainstage Season with Puccini's high drama Tosca featuring "Honey-tone tenor" (The New York Times) Joseph Calleja in his highly anticipated Dallas Opera debut.
  • The world premiere Dallas Opera production of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly takes to the Winspear Opera House stage with a powerhouse cast led by Grammy Award-winner Lucas Meachem as Jean-Dominique Bauby.
  • Opera legend Donnie Ray Albert returns to The Dallas Opera as Lord Capulet in this new-to-Dallas co-production with Houston Grand Opera and The Atlanta Opera.
  • Peak Principal Guest Conductor, leads The Dallas Opera Orchestra and Chorus, and Romain Gilbert directs, in his Dallas Opera debut.