The Dallas Opera has announced its lineup for next season, and it offers some particular interest for the gay community.
The season kicks off at the Winspear on Oct. 21 with Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, followed the following week with the Janacek opera Katya Kabanova. The latter will star out soprano Patricia Racette, last seen in Dallas in Janacek’s Jenufa (pictured). Racette, the partner of fellow soprano Beth Clayton, will then perform at the exclusive patron recital on Nov. 9 as the featured cabaret entertainer.
The season continues in February with a staged concert of Tristan und Isolde, directed by out director Christian Rath, who last helmed Beethoven’s Fidelio here in 2002. The season concludes next April with La Traviata and Mozart’s Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute).