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The Dallas Opera is an opera company located in Dallas, Texas (USA). The company was founded in 1957 as the Dallas Civic Opera by Laurence Kelly and Nicolà Rescigno, both of whom had been active with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the first as administrator, the second as artistic director. The company made its mark in American opera long before the upsurge of regional opera in the US,〔(Loomis, George "Otello, Dallas Opera", ''Financial Times'', 26 October 2009) )〕 especially with the appearance of Maria Callas who opened the Civic Opera's first season with an inaugural recital conducted by Rescigno. From 1957 to 2009 the Dallas Opera performed in the historic Music Hall at Fair Park. But for the 2009-2010 season, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, one venue of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, became the opera's new home. That season included the world premiere of ''Moby-Dick'' by composer Jake Heggie, one of many new commissions which have been presented by the company. ==The company's artistic successes== Callas returned the following year to perform in ''La traviata'' in a production by Franco Zeffirelli and in ''Medea'', directed by the Greek director, Alexis Minotis, two of her infrequent performances in the United States. According to John Ardoin, the long-time music critic for ''The Dallas Morning News'',〔Ardoin, ''The Callas Legacy'', p. ?〕 she sang in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' in the 1958 season. Callas' rehearsal, with Resigno conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, on 20 November 1957 was recorded, as was her performance in ''Medea'' on 6 November 1958. Of the company's successes, one writer notes that "the Dallas Opera may have been just beginning, but what they accomplished was of the highest standard",〔Galatopoulos, p. ?〕 while, in an interview, John Ardoin outlines the role of Laurence Kelly: : “Everything must ride or fall on the taste of one man…. As it did with Kelly and his company. He went through all kinds of crap for 10 months out of the year -- mean fund-raising and playing social games and all -- to do what he loved the most for two months out of the year. And Kelly didn't care if you did ''Aida'', or ''Rigoletto'', or ''Carmen'' -- it just had to be the best ''Aida'', and ''Rigoletto'', and ''Carmen''. He would agonize over it, and think it out. Nothing was ever casual with him, in the casting or the productions. That's not to say he didn't make mistake. But, ultimately, it was his taste, and his vision, and his commitment that did the trick".〔( James Jorden interview on ''The Parterre Box'' web site, November 2005 )〕 Many singers have made their American debut in Dallas, such as Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Gwyneth Jones, Waltraud Meier, Magda Olivero, Joan Sutherland, and Jon Vickers. Designer/director Franco Zeffirelli also made his US debut there. Dallas also has helped launch the careers of such American singers as Renée Fleming, Diana Soviero, and Ruth Ann Swenson. The Dallas Opera commissioned Dominick Argento’s ''The Aspern Papers (opera)'' and gave its world premiere, which was nationally broadcast to four million viewers on PBS's “Great Performances” series in 1988. The company's first commission was for Robert Xavier Rodriguez's one-act children's opera ''Monkey See, Monkey Do'' in 1985. Additional commissions were for Tobias Picker's ''Thérèse Raquin'' in 2001 and Jake Heggie's ''Moby-Dick'' in 2010. Recent commissions have included British composer Joby Talbot and Gene Scheer's ''Everest'', based on a catastrophic 1996 expedition to the world's highest peak; ''Great Scott'', Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's love letter to opera and the classical arts, starring Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Perez, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn, Anthony Roth Costanzo and Kevin Burdette; and Mark Adamo's ''Becoming Santa Claus''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dallas Opera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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