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FWO Archives: Georges Bizet's Stunning Classic, 'The Pearl Fishers' (2014 Festival)
Against the watery setting of ancient tropical Ceylon, vows of eternal friendship are put to the ultimate test in this story of desire...

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 24, 202010 min read


Afton Battle Named General Director of Fort Worth Opera
FORT WORTH OPERA'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTS TEXAS NATIVE TO LEAD THE COMPANY INTO ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY SEASON IN 2021 FORT WORTH, TX -...

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 21, 20204 min read


FWO Archives: Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" (2006)
“I am a musician without a label.” That is how French composer Francis Poulenc once described himself, and the eclectic body of music he cre

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 20, 20206 min read


FWO Archives: Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's "Silent Night" (2014 Festival)
Based on the multilingual screenplay for the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, this Pulitzer Prize-winning opera recounts the historic, fleeting...

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 9, 20207 min read


FWO Archives: Rossini's "The Italian Girl In Algiers" (2004)
Composed in 1813 by Gioacchino Rossini, this drama giocoso masterpiece thrust the 21-year-old into operatic stardom, with its delightful...

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 3, 202010 min read


FWO Unveils Expanded Fall Virtual Season And Announces 2020-2021 Lesley Resident Artists
Company’s 2020 Free Online Programming to Include: Digital Debut of the Fort Worth Opera Chorus with Stirring Performance of Moses Hogan’s H

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 3, 20206 min read


FWO Archives: Rossini's "The Italian Girl In Algiers" (2004)
Composed in 1813 by Gioacchino Rossini, this drama giocoso masterpiece thrust the 21-year-old into operatic stardom, with its delightful...

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 3, 202010 min read


FWO Unveils Expanded Fall Virtual Season And Announces 2020-2021 Lesley Resident Artists
Company’s 2020 Free Online Programming to Include: Digital Debut of the Fort Worth Opera Chorus with Stirring Performance of Moses...

Fort Worth Opera
Sep 3, 20206 min read


FWO Archives: Donizetti's Comedy 'Don Pasquale' with a Twist (2018 Festival & 2003 Production)
Director Chuck Hudson’s dazzling, 1950s Hollywood-inspired Don Pasquale was one of the highlights of the 2018 Festival. As we look back at t

Fort Worth Opera
Aug 27, 20207 min read


FWO Archives: Jake Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking' (2009 Festival)
Synopsis ACT I During the early 1980s in Louisiana, two brothers, Joseph and Anthony De Rocher, are convicted of rape and murder of a...

Fort Worth Opera
Aug 21, 202010 min read


OPERA EATS: Braised Short Ribs
The following recipe for Braised Short Ribs comes from our magnificent Head of Music and Music Director of Children's Opera Theatre, Charlen

Fort Worth Opera
Aug 20, 20202 min read


Announcing FRONTIERS: FWO Libretto Workshop
Frontiers: FWO Libretto Workshop, an exciting exploration of operatic storytelling, and the eighth installment of the company’s innovative n

Fort Worth Opera
Aug 19, 20209 min read


New Digital Initiative - FWO Green Room - Part of the Company's 75th Anniversary Season
FORT WORTH OPERA PROUDLY ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW DIGITAL INITIATIVE
FWO GREEN ROOM, PART OF THE COMPANY’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
AND REIMAG

Ryan Lathan
Aug 19, 20204 min read


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....

Fort Worth Opera
Aug 13, 20207 min read


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


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


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


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?...

Fort Worth Opera
Jul 29, 20209 min read


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...

Fort Worth Opera
Jul 21, 20206 min read


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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