NEWS
March 17, 2010
TCC presents Figaro! A Night at the Opera
The Turtle Creek Chorale’s 30th Anniversary Season continues with FIGARO! A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Sunday, March 28th at 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday, March 31st at 8:00 p.m. at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. Let the men of the Turtle Creek Chorale transport you to the bullrings of Spain with Bizet’s famous Toreador Song from his opera, Carmen. Then, put on your boots and enjoy the raucous sounds of Copland’s Stomp Your Foot, featuring award-winning dancers from Dallas’ Round Up Saloon. Also, don’t forget to bring your hard hat, as hammers are sure to fly during Verdi’s famous Anvil Chorus. White handkerchiefs are also a must, as we perform perhaps the most beloved aria of all, Puccini’s Nessun Dorma.
This program also features choruses by Verdi, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Gershwin and just a touch of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Joining Turtle Creek Chorale on this concert series is Dallas’ own New Texas Symphony Orchestra, Kathryn D. Brown, Conductor, and three vocal students from Texas Christian University’s School of Music: Vanessa Becerra, William Mattox and Ekaterina Stetsyuk.
Turtle Creek Chorale Artistic Director Jonathan Palant says, “For the first time in eleven years, the Chorale presents a concert of opera choruses. If ever there were music meant for a men’s chorus, this is it. Our lush, warm sound just embraces the senses. It’s like getting a musical hug!”
Tickets range from $20-65 and may be purchased in person at the Turtle Creek Chorale office at the Sammons Center for the Arts, 3630 Harry Hines Boulevard, Suite #306, Dallas, Texas 75219, by phone at (214) 526-3214 or online at www.turtlecreek.org.
About the Turtle Creek Chorale:
Now in its 30th season, and with over 200 singing members, the Turtle Creek Chorale performs annually to live audiences in excess of 50,000. All members of the Chorale are dues paying volunteers who donate over 100,000 hours to rehearsals, service projects and as many as 50 benefit performances annually. The Chorale’s mission includes attracting a diverse audience and membership, building bridges to a greater awareness of our shared humanity and touching hearts and changing lives in a nurturing and affirming environment through the universal and unifying power of music. This season, the Turtle Creek Chorale offers subscription concerts in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House and the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. It will also embark on an eleven-day concert tour of Spain in the summer of 2010.
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