| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2012 War Memorial Opera House | Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick triumphs in San Francisco | Jeffery S. McMillan |
 Though reports of the work’s importance and dramatic power have attended it since its 2010 premiere in Dallas, I doubt many in the audience of the War Memorial Opera House on Wednesday night were prepared for the impact of Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick. After nearly three hours of gripping drama and emotionally resonant musical storytelling, the tale of the crew of the Pequod and their pursuit of the white whale concluded in a deathly quiet, the audience sitting in stunned silence. The thunderous applause that followed was effusive and cathartic – what a journey!Read full review... | ||
| 31-Mar-2012 Meyerson Symphony Center | Music for Any Season: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Dallas | Evan Mitchell |
 Christmas may have inspired much of the greatest holiday-related popular music, but in the Classical tradition, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (to say nothing of his St. John Passion and Easter Oratorio) points toward the influence of Easter. This piece, a gargantuan thing of beauty, was given three performances on the evenings leading up to Palm Sunday in Dallas, where the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Jaap van Zweden were joined by the Dallas Symphony Chorus and Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas, directed respectively by Joshua Haberman and Cynthia Nott.Read full review... | ||
