Friday 03.21
Dallas Opera continues season with Korngold’s ‘Die Tote Stadt’
Erich Wolfgang Korngold is best known to modern music lovers as a composer for Hollywood films — he even won an Oscar for his thrilling score to The Adventures of Robin Hood. But to a different fan base, he was also acclaimed for his operas. Die Tote Stadt, composed when he was just 23, was a huge hit in the 1920s, but is rarely performed today. But its theme of obsessive love easily resonates as much today as it did nearly a century ago — the novel even inspired the source material for Hitchock’s film Vertigo.
It will be performed in rep with DO’s Barber of Seville.
DEETS: Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. March 21–April 6. DallasOpera.org.
Tuesday 03.25
Preview ‘Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano’
A new documentary about one of the most expensive musical instruments ever built — an LED-bedazzled grand piano played by Elton John for his Vegas nightclub act — is in theaters for only two special screenings, but Metroplex Piano is offering you a behind-the-scenes look at Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano. The day before the next screening (on March 26), folks are invited to view a 20-minute making-of video, as well as a chance to see a 35-minute film of Sir Elton playing with a 60-piece orchestra which, thanks to awesome technology, will be reproduced stroke-for-stroke on a piano in the showroom. If you missed his concert earlier this month, it will be a chance to catch up on the master in concert.
DEETS: Metroplex Piano, 9292 LBJ Freeway. 6 p.m. Reservations at 972-388-1130.
Wednesday 03.26
It’s Cher, bitches! Ho!
You either “get” Cher or you don’t, and if you’re gay, you’d better never admit you don’t in a crowded brunch. She’s perhaps our definitive icon: A sassy, plainspoken Oscar-winning mother of a trans kid and one of the definitive personalities — and voices — of the age. If you believe in life after love, you believe in Cher. She’s in town for one night only, on tour with her new album and with Pat Benatar opening. Makes sense — hit her with your best shot, she’ll still be there.
DEETS: American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave. Doors at 6 p.m. show at 7:30 p.m. Tickemaster.com.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 21, 2014.
