Fort Worth Opera

CARMEN by Georges Bizet

Dates/Times/Location:
April 25 8pm
May 3 2pm
May 8 8pm
Bass Performance Hall
Primary Cast:
Carmen – Beth Clayton
Don Jose – Roger Honeywell
Escamillo – Morgan Smith
Micaela – Sandra Lopez
Director – John de los Santos
Conductor – Joe Illick

PRODUCTION:
Sets rented from Austin Lyric Opera and designed by Allen Charles Klein. Costumes by Malabar Limited, Toronto. Performed in French with projected English and Spanish supertitles. Running time is approximately 3:00 with two intermissions and a short pause between Acts II and III.

TICKETS:
Season tickets and weekend packages range from $31-$394. Individual tickets range from $21-$159 for Carmen and $19-$154 for Cinderella and Dead Man Walking. Special student and military pricing available. More information and tickets can be purchased online at www.fwopera.org, or by calling 817.731.0726 or toll free 1.877.FWOPERA.

BACKGROUND:
Carmen is one of the most popular operas in the world, second only – and debatably – to Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. It was not considered a success at its premiere in 1875 at the Op้ra-Comique in Paris, mainly due to its low-life, sexually-charged theme and violent conclusion.

Story:
Carmen is a sensual woman whose hobby is collecting the hearts of men. She turns her charms on an upstanding soldier, Don Jos้, who gives up his family, career and reputation for Carmen's amorous charms. When Carmen becomes bored with Don Jos้'s affections, his obsession shows its flip-side - jealousy - to tragic consequences.

For further information contact:
Diane Rhodes Bergman
Director of Marketing/PR
1300 Gendy St.
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 731-0833 x18
diane@fwopera.org

CINDERELLA (La Cenerentola) by Gioacchino Rossini

Dates/Times/Location:
April 26 2pm
May 1 8pm
May 9 8pm
Bass Performance Hall
Primary Cast:
Angelina – Isabel Leonard
Don Ramiro – Michele Angelini
Dandini – Andrew Garland
Don Magnifico – Rod Nelman
Director – David Gately
Conductor – James Meena
In Italian with projected English translations

For further information contact:
Diane Rhodes Bergman
Director of Marketing/PR
1300 Gendy St.
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 731-0833 x18
diane@fwopera.org

DEAD MAN WALKING by Jake Heggie

Dates/Times/Location
May 2 8pm
May 10 2pm
Bass Performance Hall
Primary Cast:
Sister Helen Prejean – Robynne Redmon
Joseph De Rocher – Daniel Okulitch
Mrs. Patrick De Rocher – Sheryl Woods
Director – David Gately
Conductor – Joe Illick
In English with projected English supertitles

TICKETS:
Season tickets and weekend packages range from $31-$394. Individual tickets go on sale September 1, 2008 and range from $21-159 for Carmen and $19-$154 for Cinderella and Dead Man Walking. Special student and military pricing available. More information and tickets can be purchased online at www.fwopera.org, or by calling 817.731.0726 or toll free 1.877.FWOPERA.

For further information contact:
Diane Rhodes Bergman
Director of Marketing/PR
1300 Gendy St.
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 731-0833 x18
diane@fwopera.org