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All Eyes on the Frau
Big TicketThe Fort Worth Opera presents the most anticipated event of its Festival at Bass Performance Hall, with the world premiere of Thomas Pasatieri’s Frau Margot.
Opening Act
Big TicketThe Fort Worth Opera’s first multi-week festival continues in earnest this weekend with performances of Verdi’s Falstaff, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and Puccini’s Madame Butterfly at Bass Performance Hall.
Opera Season Takes Flight
Big TicketIt’s taken over a year to put together, but the Fort Worth Opera’s new festival format will be unveiled Saturday with a performance of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in Bass Performance Hall.
Greed Is Bueno
Big TicketAlmost 300 years lay between Shakespeare’s death and the beginning of the 20th century, and in that time theater did not go languishing.
Get Out!
Big TicketThis spring has been rainy so far. (Quit complaining! Tarrant County is no longer suffering a drought!) But Mother Nature permitting, we’ll all be able to enjoy the outdoor events scheduled for this weekend.
Movie Music
Big TicketWhatever your musical tastes, you may find that the place to satisfy them this week isn’t at the concert hall but in a movie theater. All of the events below take place on silver screens somewhere.
Return to the Opera
Big TicketYou may not know the name of Thomas Pasatieri, but you’ve almost certainly heard his work.
Bourbon Street Blues
Big TicketFor all of Spike Lee’s considerable achievements as a fiction filmmaker, he may be even better as a documentarian.
Gold Fingers
Big TicketFor its first annual Allegro Guitar Festival and Allegro Amateur Competition, the Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society has made sure it’s in good hands.
Death in Dallas
Big TicketBen Stevenson’s first major new ballet in several years will be unveiled at the Majestic Theater in Dallas this weekend.