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FWO Archives: Gioacchino Rossini's 'Cinderella' Program Notes (2009 Festival)
FWOpera's sparkling production of Gioachino Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella) based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault....
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Aug 13, 20207 min read
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2020 McCammon Voice Competition Cancelled & Thirty Semi-Finalists Granted an Award
19th biennial competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fort Worth Opera
Aug 5, 20203 min read
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FWO Archives: Tom Cipullo's 'Glory Denied' Composer, Director, Author Program Notes (2013 Festival)
No holds barred. No apologies. Just the brutally honest recollections of America's longest-held Vietnam prisoner-of-war. Based on the best-s
Fort Worth Opera
Aug 4, 20208 min read
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OPERA EATS: 🍑 Homemade Peach Streusel Muffins Drizzled in Vanilla Icing
Ryan Scott Lathan's homemade peach streusel muffins drizzled in a sweet, creamy vanilla icing!
Fort Worth Opera
Aug 4, 20203 min read
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FWO Archives: Mark Adamo's 'Lysistrata' Program & Composer Notes (2012 Festival)
It's a battle of the sexes in ancient Greece! They say all's fair in love and war, so is it possible to stop a war by withholding love?...
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Jul 29, 20209 min read
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FWO Archives: 'The Marriage of Figaro' Program Notes (2012 Festival)
Social tensions boil over in this classic battle of the sexes, as Mozart brings Beaumarchais' thinly-veiled attack on the aristocracy to...
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Jul 21, 20206 min read
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FWO Archives: 'Cruzar La Cara De La Luna' (2017) - Cruzar: The Background & Article by Pépé Martinez
Cruzar La Cara De La Luna began with a phone call from Anthony Freud, then General Director of Houston Grand Opera. The morning after he had
Fort Worth Opera
Jul 16, 20205 min read
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FWO Archives: 'Little Women' Program Notes (2005 Season)
"It reads better than I expected.”
That was the understated reaction Louisa May Alcott recorded in her journal after reading the publisher's
Fort Worth Opera
Jul 9, 20207 min read
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Top 5 Brain Benefits of Music Therapy for Individuals with Special Needs
Guest blog from Daniel Stein, Founder of Special Strong, providing fitness and nutrition for special needs individuals.
Fort Worth Opera
Jul 7, 20203 min read
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FWO Archives (1970): Company Stages First Full-Length American Opera, 'The Ballad of Baby Doe'
Soprano Karan Armstrong headlined Fort Worth Opera's 1970 production of Douglas Moore and John LaTouche's opera set in 20th century Colo
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Jul 7, 20202 min read
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FWO Archives: Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Pirates of Penzance' (2004)
One of the descriptors commonly found in discussions of the comic operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan is "topsy-turvy." There is always...
Fort Worth Opera
Jun 23, 20206 min read
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FWO Archives (1963-1979): Soprano Beverly Sills - 'La Traviata' to 'The Barber of Seville.'
The late great Beverly Sills launched many additions to her repertoire here in Fort Worth, including 'The Beautiful Galatea,' 1964.'
Fort Worth Opera
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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Q&A with Joaquin Escalante of Best Buddies International
Fort Worth Opera is excited to host a YouTube watch party for the Texas Chapter of Best Buddies International.
Fort Worth Opera
Jun 18, 20203 min read
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FWO Archives: (1947) Fort Worth Opera's second production was Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly'
FWO Archive: (1947) Fort Worth Opera's second production was Puccini's Madama Butterfly, performed at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium un
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Jun 18, 20201 min read
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FWO Archives: (1984-1985) During our "Season of Departures"
FWO Archives (1984-1985) During our "Season of Departures," the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra became Fort Worth Opera's permanent orchestra,
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Jun 18, 20201 min read
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FWO Archives: (November 25, 1946) Verdi's 'La Traviata' performed to a sold-out house at Will Rogers
Walter Herbert, Frankfurt-born general director of The New Orleans Opera, was brought in to conduct the thirty-six piece orchestra. Herbert
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Jun 18, 20201 min read
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FWO Archives: Peter Eötvös and Tony Kushner's 'Angels in America' (2008 Festival)
Fort Worth Opera's 'Angels in America' includes meditations on politics, American history, love and mortality. It has plenty of religion-
Fort Worth Opera
Jun 16, 20206 min read
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FWO Archives: Becoming Carmen - An Interview with Audrey Babcock (2017 Festival)
FWO Archives: Carmen (2017) - The following Fort Worth Opera article features an exclusive interview with Audrey Babcock (Carmen).
Fort Worth Opera
Jun 12, 20207 min read
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FWO Archives: A Conductor's Perspective on 'Carmen' from Maestro Joe Illick (2017 Festival)
The following comes from Fort Worth Opera's 2017 Fall issue of FWO's magazine 'Vanguard.' Joe Illick shares his perspective on 'Carmen.'
Fort Worth Opera
Jun 11, 20203 min read
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FWO Archives (1949-1953): Fort Worth Opera's 1st General Director, Austrian Conductor Karl Kritz
Austrian native Karl Kritz, an associate conductor for The Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Opera, became the Fort Worth Civic...
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Jun 7, 20201 min read
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