The Dallas Opera is opening its season with a reasonably good, if not great, production of “Don Giovanni.” The Don’s slight vocal flaw is counterbalanced by a generally fine cast.

The Dallas Symphony Chorus is the star of this weekend’s concerts by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Under the sensitive command of Jaap van Zweden, the chorus gave a lovely, moving performance of Brahms’ German Requiem on Thursday night.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s latest concert showed off an orchestra in great form and a conductor who knows how to generate excitement.

Pianist Jeffrey Kahane had to pull out of a DSO engagement because of illness. But a quick reshuffle of the schedule saved the day.

Despite a few flaws, the Fort Worth Opera’s performance of Don Giovanni on Sunday afternoon provided its fair share of musical and dramatic thrills. Olin Chism reviews.

The Fort Worth Opera took a daring departure from tradition with the world premiere of ‘Before Night Falls’ on Saturday. But any hope that the new opera would rival the success of Dallas’ recent ‘Moby-Dick’ was dashed before the lengthy first act was finished.

Olin Chism reviews Elixir of Love at Fort Worth Opera. Includes links to other reviews.

The spirit of Eduardo Mata seemed present in the Meyerson Symphony Center on Thursday night. A new plaque honoring the former music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra was spotlighted near the hall’s entrance.

A major link to the Dallas Opera’s earliest days has been broken. Mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato, who sang in the company’s very first staged production, Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, died in Rome a week short of her 100th birthday. A major international artist, Simionato became associated with Dallas Opera founders Larry Kelly and Nicola Rescigno when [...]

This is a weekend for high drama at the Dallas Opera. On Saturday night the company will present for the fourth time its potent production of Moby-Dick. On Friday night (with a repetition coming up Sunday afternoon) an exceptional Madame Butterfly went on the stage of the Winspear Opera House. This is a Butterfly of [...]