<![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Blog]]>http://www.fwopera.org/en-gb<![CDATA[FWOpera extends Woods contract welcomes new principals]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Extends Darren Woods Contract]]><![CDATA[Becoming a SUPERstar]]><![CDATA[Darren Woods to Run Fort Worth Opera Through 2018]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Opens New Frontiers]]><![CDATA[Object lesson: Opera costumes]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera to encourage new works with Frontiers at 2013 festival]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Seeks New Work]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera to showcase new works in 2013 festival ]]><![CDATA[OPERA America Awards the OPERA Fund: Audience Development Grants ]]><![CDATA[The Columns picks for Best Dallas-Fort Worth theater of 2011]]><![CDATA[Year in review: Theater classical music and dance]]><![CDATA[Theater Jones: Critical Rants Year in Theater]]><![CDATA[Art & Seek: Tuesday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[Classical music: A tough year behind and a tough one ahead ]]><![CDATA[The Year In Classical Music: Programming Cuts But the HYDROGEN JUKEBOX Rages On]]><![CDATA[Year in Review: Classical-music organizations have money troubles but great performances]]><![CDATA[Life on the Road]]><![CDATA[The New Kids On The Block]]><![CDATA[A Special Message From Darren K. Woods]]><![CDATA[Darren Woods Knows How to Entertain]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Pays Up]]><![CDATA[Behind The Scenes: Fort Worth Opera Studio]]><![CDATA[Jill Fischer elected chairman emeritus of Fort Worth Opera board of trustees ]]><![CDATA[2011 Fort Worth Opera Ball Pics]]><![CDATA[The Top 10 Politically-Charged American Operas]]><![CDATA[Foundation awarding infrastructure grants to nonprofits]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera recognized in Fort Worth Weekly Best Of 2011]]><![CDATA[Night & Day]]><![CDATA[An interview with Michael Mayes of Kentucky Operas Carmen Music]]><![CDATA[Ft. Worth Opera]]><![CDATA[Our costumes without your help.]]><![CDATA[We like to have fun so why dont you join the team]]><![CDATA[The countdown is ticking on this gala mission ]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Announces 2012 Festival Single Tickets Now On Sale]]><![CDATA[Wolf Trap Assembles Opera Alumni Dream Team to Perform Special 40th Anniversary Concert ]]><![CDATA[A special message from the Ann and Carol Rhodes Charitable Trust]]><![CDATA[WHATS IN YOUR TOOLBOX: DANA TANAMACHI]]><![CDATA[Chamber award honors family-run Renfro Foods]]><![CDATA[The state of the LIVE arts]]><![CDATA[Lone Stars]]><![CDATA[Help good cause and celebrate Dad at daring event]]><![CDATA[He could be on Mad Men]]><![CDATA[A successful 2011 Festival wraps up ]]><![CDATA[Catching Up With FrontRow]]><![CDATA[Critic reviews - Il Trovatore]]><![CDATA[Critic reviews - Hydrogen Jukebox]]><![CDATA[Critic Reviews - Julius Caesar]]><![CDATA[Critic Reviews - The Mikado]]><![CDATA[Another Winning Season in Ft. Worth]]><![CDATA[Singing Handels High Notes]]><![CDATA[Jack-of-all-trades Herschel Walker: Where is he now]]><![CDATA[Hydrogen Jukebox is nothing if not unconventional ]]><![CDATA[Inspired by the Fort Worth Opera festivals production of Julius Caesar we go for Baroque]]><![CDATA[Opera with an edge]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera stages Ginsberg-based Hydrogen Jukebox as part of festival]]><![CDATA[The Big Deal: Tix to Opening Night of Fort Worth Operas Il Trovatore]]><![CDATA[ Il Trovatore opens this coming weekend]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Operas updated Mikado still satirizes the times]]><![CDATA[Monday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Operas New Season]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Operas Next Season]]><![CDATA[Costume drama: Shopping strategies stretch Fort Worth Operas budget enough to snag a big-name designer]]><![CDATA[Turning Japanese]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Festival shows range from timely commentary to musical comedy]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera announces 2012 festival]]><![CDATA[FWO Festival is Here]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera announces 2012 Festival]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Festival opening night approaches]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Thrives Under Darren Woods Daring Artistic Vision]]><![CDATA[This Mothers Day surprise her with opera]]><![CDATA[Opera Shots at The Usual]]><![CDATA[Friday Funnies – Fort Worth Opera Edition]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Festival covers 300 years of musical ground]]><![CDATA[Has Opera Lost Its Funny Bone]]><![CDATA[Gala honors individuals for commitment to youth]]><![CDATA[ The Mikado artists have arrived prepare for Segway training]]><![CDATA[Hydrogen Jukebox an opportunity to react]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera rehearsals have begun]]><![CDATA[A high-energy Mikado]]><![CDATA[First Look: Randall Scotting lead countertenor Fort Worth Operas Julius Caesar]]><![CDATA[Let General Director Darren K. Woods make you a drink tonight]]><![CDATA[Composers Medium]]><![CDATA[Dancing with the Stars gets Classical]]><![CDATA[The OperaPlot contest is here]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Operas effort greeted with pre-festival sellouts ]]><![CDATA[Concierge Q podcast with Darren K. Woods]]><![CDATA[Verdis operas and Fort Worth Opera]]><![CDATA[Five years of a spring tradition]]><![CDATA[Ep. 13 Darren K. Woods the Prince of Fort Worth ]]><![CDATA[Pushing the envelope in The Mikado]]><![CDATA[A glimpse at the Fort Worth Opera costumes]]><![CDATA[A teary Nabucco in Rome]]><![CDATA[Downtown Fort Worth Inc. plans outdoor event for annual meeting]]><![CDATA[Tonight: Opera Vista Festival Finals]]><![CDATA[Kids and family events in Dallas-Fort Worth March 17-23]]><![CDATA[Remember her: Janice Hall.]]><![CDATA[A Perfect Spring Break Outing at The Fort Worth Opera]]><![CDATA[Introduce kids to opera with two shows during spring break]]><![CDATA[Night & Day ]]><![CDATA[Acclaimed horror author and Austinite named a 2011 Texas Social Media Award Winner]]><![CDATA[Spring Break 2011: What to do in Ft. Worth]]><![CDATA[Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard named recipient of the Beverly Sills Artist Award]]><![CDATA[Last day in London]]><![CDATA[A Night at the Opera. ]]><![CDATA[2nd 1/2 day in London]]><![CDATA[Meet the Statesman Texas Social Media Awards winners]]><![CDATA[The Opera Neophyte Takes on a Village]]><![CDATA[Opera Europa Conference in London]]><![CDATA[A Special Evening With Fort Worth Opera]]><![CDATA[Fat Tuesday festivities benefit a good cause]]><![CDATA[Justin Hopkins: The Impossible Dream]]><![CDATA[Love in the air]]><![CDATA[Her Star Is Rising]]><![CDATA[Fabled Romance: Caesar and Cleopatra]]><![CDATA[Joy Partain Joins the Fort Worth Opera Family]]><![CDATA[Opera Night at The Usual]]><![CDATA[Treat your valentine to a night of historic romance at Thistle Hill]]><![CDATA[An interesting way to sell out an opera]]><![CDATA[ When she rises.]]><![CDATA[Houston Grand Opera Scores With Old and New Dramas]]><![CDATA[Gratuitous Photos: Familiar Faces]]><![CDATA[People]]><![CDATA[Opera Strikes A New Chord With The Opera Neophyte]]><![CDATA[Work Faces]]><![CDATA[Your Guide to 817 Arts]]><![CDATA[FWOpera office closed but you can buy tickets online]]><![CDATA[Theres a Steelers Opera.]]><![CDATA[Thursday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[Spring Music Preview: Classical Performances That Cant Be Missed]]><![CDATA[A Wish List]]><![CDATA[ Exploring the operetta: The Mikado.]]><![CDATA[Video: castrato singers.]]><![CDATA[It Looked Like This.]]><![CDATA[2011: Music and Dance]]><![CDATA[Essay: Christopher Kellys to-do list for 2011 ]]><![CDATA[A New Years Greeting from the Opera Neophyte]]><![CDATA[What up 2011]]><![CDATA[Make your charitable end-of-year donation to Fort Worth Opera.]]><![CDATA[Best of 2010: Classical Music and Opera]]><![CDATA[The year in review: music]]><![CDATA[Art Against the Odds]]><![CDATA[Holiday Break at Fort Worth Opera]]><![CDATA[Soprano shines in Dallas Symphonys Christmas program ]]><![CDATA[Special Message from Darren K. Woods]]><![CDATA[Farewell to Diane and Staff Group Photo]]><![CDATA[DMN Arts staff: Our Texan of the Year nominees]]><![CDATA[Riots Opera and Heidi Montag: The Neophytes Guide to Culture ]]><![CDATA[My Top 100 Tweeters of 2010 - Day 4]]><![CDATA[Give the gift of culture with performance museum packages ]]><![CDATA[No wrapping required]]><![CDATA[Monday Deal]]><![CDATA[Friday Fun: Giveaway]]><![CDATA[Gilbert and Sullivan at its best.]]><![CDATA[Ava Pine nominated for Grammy.]]><![CDATA[North Texas Classical Grammy Noms]]><![CDATA[Digging into The Mikado]]><![CDATA[Recognized philanthropists among Fort Worth Opera family.]]><![CDATA[The Opera Neophyte: Round 2]]><![CDATA[Thank you Veterans ]]><![CDATA[Meet the newest FWOpera Fat Lady intern.]]><![CDATA[An opera performance with a lesson about bullies ]]><![CDATA[FWOs response to BBB article - UPDATED]]><![CDATA[FotoWeek DC 2010: To Publish or to Self-Publish]]><![CDATA[Dongwon Shin remember him]]><![CDATA[The Scene: The Fort Worth Opera Ball ]]><![CDATA[33 U.S. Opera Companies to Feature American Operas over the Next Two Seasons ]]><![CDATA[Janice Halls Grand Illusions]]><![CDATA[FWO has a great board]]><![CDATA[October 30 1984: Linda Ronstadts grand opera debut]]><![CDATA[Review: Before Night Falls CD]]><![CDATA[Opera Shots Recap]]><![CDATA[World Series Challenge - Fort Worth Opera vs. San Francisco Opera]]><![CDATA[Today is Wine Wednesday but how about a we-were-drinking-Tuesday article: Fort Worth Operas Opera Shots Recap]]><![CDATA[Much fun had at Opera Shots.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera hits a high note at Fort Worth ISD school.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera is hitting the bars]]><![CDATA[Dan Kempson: Britten & Glass]]><![CDATA[Take Back the Night ]]><![CDATA[FWO Staff is featured writer]]><![CDATA[FWISD STUDENTS TO ATTEND OPERA ]]><![CDATA[Sad Day in the opera world...Dame Joan Sutherland dies.]]><![CDATA[Video: Inside look at the 2010 Fort Worth Opera Ball.]]><![CDATA[Black-tie Fort Worth Opera Ball is in a class of its own]]><![CDATA[October Save the Dates]]><![CDATA[2010 Platinum PR Awards: Online Communications]]><![CDATA[FWO scores honorable mention]]><![CDATA[TOTS presents Southwest premier of Red Velvet Cake War]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera is FW Weekly Critics Choice for Performing Arts Organization.]]><![CDATA[Friday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[FWO alum gets invested.]]><![CDATA[FWO Board Member is top 100 influencers in HR.]]><![CDATA[Review: Before Night Falls CD]]><![CDATA[Leadership Kick Off Party provides some Hydrogen.]]><![CDATA[Artist-in-residence Darren Woods on UWEC campus]]><![CDATA[Don Giovanni Hits The Streets]]><![CDATA[Superficial Snapshots: Awarded]]><![CDATA[Martins Before Night Falls Released on Amazon]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera 2011 zine winner in Communication Arts Design Annual 2010.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Childrens Opera Theatre performing at Day in the District.]]><![CDATA[Childrens Opera Theatre truck burglarized.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Board of Directors extend General Director Darren K. Woods contract to 2016.]]><![CDATA[Before Night Falls recording set to release October 1.]]><![CDATA[Before Night Falls]]><![CDATA[Wake up singing by Logan Rucker on Kidd Kraddick radio show.]]><![CDATA[5 Operas That Are Truly Bloodier Than True Blood]]><![CDATA[Guilty pleasure: Americas Got Talent Finals]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Chorus Auditions Are Back.]]><![CDATA[Interview with whip-cracking FWO alum Daniel Okulitch ]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Studio Back in Session.]]><![CDATA[CD Release- Johann Adolf Hasse: Marc Antonio e Cleopatra with Ava Pine.]]><![CDATA[RANDALL SCOTTING INTERVIEW]]><![CDATA[Are you a social butterfly Today its a 12-hour Presale Extravaganza.]]><![CDATA[Opera News Festival Review]]><![CDATA[Help Wanted: PT Social Media Intern]]><![CDATA[People: Honored]]><![CDATA[Save the Date: Fort Worth Opera Ball celebrates 50 years]]><![CDATA[Book a Childrens Opera Theatre Performance Today.]]><![CDATA[Keep up with your favorite Fort Worth Opera singers.]]><![CDATA[Sing It Out]]><![CDATA[The Scene - Fort Worth Opera Opening Night Celebration]]><![CDATA[Lone Star Opera TV Show on Ice — For Now Anyway]]><![CDATA[Sound off: Whats your preferred drink at the opera]]><![CDATA[Native Songbird]]><![CDATA[ Fort Worth Opera a Finalist in National Best in PR Program]]><![CDATA[Animalopolis at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History]]><![CDATA[What is Clyde doing]]><![CDATA[Soccer and Opera similar More than you think.]]><![CDATA[Coming soon: movie about Hydrogen Jukebox librettist]]><![CDATA[Take our survey and be entered to win a 50 Target Gift Card.]]><![CDATA[American Opera Survey Results.]]><![CDATA[On collaborators]]><![CDATA[Before Night Falls in Fort Worth]]><![CDATA[Is anybody listening]]><![CDATA[Spotlight on American Opera.]]><![CDATA[Board member invite: Ring Cycle in San Fran]]><![CDATA[Updated Reviews - Before Night Falls]]><![CDATA[My Pretty Woman Encounter in L.A.]]><![CDATA[Festival Withdrawals]]><![CDATA[Tons of Elixir & Giovanni Reviews - Updated]]><![CDATA[OPERATIC HISTORY: WORLD PREMIERE OF BEFORE NIGHT FALLS.]]><![CDATA[A Message about Before Night Falls]]><![CDATA[Spend Memorial Day Weekend with Fort Worth Opera.]]><![CDATA[Podcast: An interview with Michael Fabiano]]><![CDATA[What are the stars of Don Giovanni and The Elixir of Love listening to]]><![CDATA[Long Night of the Soul]]><![CDATA[Going Unnoticed]]><![CDATA[World premiere of Before Night Falls provides platform for powerful prose.]]><![CDATA[Why its artistically good to omit the epilogue from Don Giovanni]]><![CDATA[Before Night Falls - FWOperas Fat Lady Free Ticket Giveaway ]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Operas 2011 festival to span four centuries.]]><![CDATA[Kicking off the Fort Worth Opera]]><![CDATA[FABIANO LIVE SUNDAY IN FT WORTH.]]><![CDATA[Leading Off: Festival Success Human Noises and Architectural Masters Slum It]]><![CDATA[Two Anticipated Openings in the U.K. and U.S.]]><![CDATA[Thursday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[A look at the Fort Worth Operas 2011 festival line-up. ]]><![CDATA[Announcing 2011]]><![CDATA[Switch to festival format a boon for Fort Worth Opera.]]><![CDATA[Hold On To Your Hats]]><![CDATA[The Festival is coming...]]><![CDATA[Dude]]><![CDATA[FWO Festival Returns ]]><![CDATA[Celebrating the Fort Worth Opera Festival]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Announces Its 2011 Festival Lineup]]><![CDATA[TWITA: Susanna Phillips Lark Johnston and Larry Randolph]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Week]]><![CDATA[Tweet...Tweet...Tweet]]><![CDATA[Response to Letter to Editor ]]><![CDATA[Q&A: Jorge Martin]]><![CDATA[Contestants show off their vocal talents at competition at Bass Hall.]]><![CDATA[Opera Weekend Guide 5/14/2010]]><![CDATA[Same opera fresh approach.]]><![CDATA[Gearing up for summer in Ft. Worth Part 2 ]]><![CDATA[Goin to a new level]]><![CDATA[FWISD MEDIA STUDENTS WIN OPERA CONTEST – AGAIN ]]><![CDATA[Want to win a free pair of tickets]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth will echo with the sounds of music during May]]><![CDATA[Where Stars Are Discovered]]><![CDATA[The Many Seductions of Don G]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Starts Simultaneous Rehearsals for a World Premiere and Festival]]><![CDATA[New voyages in opera]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Festival is back with old favorite world premiere]]><![CDATA[FWOpera Fat Lady Free Ticket Giveaway]]><![CDATA[Before Night Falls opera debuts in Fort Worth.]]><![CDATA[Less Break More Opera - Staging Rehearsals for Elixir of Love]]><![CDATA[JORGE MARTÍN with ALESSANDRO CASSIN]]><![CDATA[Bolduc To Appear As Belcore]]><![CDATA[Hip couple Jennifer and Bret Starr live for opera]]><![CDATA[JACKTIVITIES: Monday May 3rd 2010]]><![CDATA[Pig-tailed Sopranos and Viking helmets are so yesterday.]]><![CDATA[Interview with Michael Fabiano]]><![CDATA[The Real Sopranos of Fort Worth Opera.]]><![CDATA[THE MAKINGS OF A WORLD PREMIERE]]><![CDATA[From Broadway to The Bass.]]><![CDATA[Chorus Singers]]><![CDATA[When Texans Make Opera.]]><![CDATA[Cowtown Alive and Well to NBC-5]]><![CDATA[Don Giovanni Overture: A Rushed Job.]]><![CDATA[Be quoted in Fort Worth Opera materials for next years Festival.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera Saves You Green On Earth Day.]]><![CDATA[KERA FWO host forum for Before Night Falls]]><![CDATA[Before Night Falls in 4 Minutes]]><![CDATA[Let the hilarity begin]]><![CDATA[My First Time]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera and Art&Seek Present: Before Night Falls Panel Discussion at SMU]]><![CDATA[Our Tax Day Relief]]><![CDATA[Bolduc: The Belcore Barihunk.]]><![CDATA[William Walker Former Fort Worth Opera General Director Has Died.]]><![CDATA[Round Two: Dancer Auditions for Before Night Falls]]><![CDATA[It has begun The Festival mode at Fort Worth Opera.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Native and Opera Great Bill Walker Dies At Age 78]]><![CDATA[Opera singer Walker dies in Fort Worth]]><![CDATA[Take Me Out To The Opera]]><![CDATA[From Prose Page to Opera Stage.]]><![CDATA[Wednesday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin]]><![CDATA[Thursday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[Opera Chic: Top 5 Operas To See This Spring]]><![CDATA[A Message from Darren K. Woods. ]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Operas the hottest ticket in town]]><![CDATA[Dancer Auditions for Before Night Falls]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera well represented in 40 under 40]]><![CDATA[Wes Mason on Before Night Falls]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Operas 2008 Angels in America Cast Reunites in London.]]><![CDATA[Suzys Travels]]><![CDATA[Friday Morning Roundup]]><![CDATA[Farewell to Mr. Woody Woods]]><![CDATA[Who is the Fort Worth Opera Fat Lady]]><![CDATA[TAKE OUR SURVEY HERE.]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin]]><![CDATA[Don Giovanni for Fort Worth Opera]]><![CDATA[Arts giving down but local groups find ways to survive]]><![CDATA[FWOpera Food Bank team for kids programs]]><![CDATA[When A Couple of Yokels Bicker About Civic Cultural Supremacy We All Lose the Argument]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin]]><![CDATA[360West: See Do]]><![CDATA[Travel + Leisure: 2010s Must-See Screenings & Events.]]><![CDATA[Dallas Opera opts for old classics for 2010-11 season]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin ]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin ]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin ]]><![CDATA[Practice Makes Perfect for Up-and-Coming Baritone Michael Todd Simpson.]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin ]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin ]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin ]]><![CDATA[Feeling blue on this rainy day.]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin ]]><![CDATA[Meet the Artist: Ava Pine.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera could become star of reality TV show]]><![CDATA[More Reality Opera]]><![CDATA[A new kind of soap opera]]><![CDATA[Opera Survivor New reality show shopped at NATPE focuses on Fort Worth Opera.]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera AMP Win In Vegas Or How Opera Whipped Roller Derby]]><![CDATA[Fort Worth Opera: Coming Soon to Television]]><![CDATA[WQXR Arts File: The Business of the Opera.]]><![CDATA[Wes Mason Prepares for Before Night Falls.]]><![CDATA[External blog: Music by Jorge Martin]]><![CDATA[Susanna Phillips Dazzles in Fort Worth.]]><![CDATA[Interesting Fact About The Elixir of Love.]]><![CDATA[Mozart: Child Prodigy.]]><![CDATA[Donizettis Great Comedy.]]><![CDATA[Before Night Falls Buzz]]>