Upcoming events.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Elixir of Love
A hopeless romantic swoons for the town’s school teacher, but she doesn’t even notice him. Along comes a traveling salesman with the perfect “magical elixir” to give him all his heart desires. In the shifting climate of post-war Italy, will these two lovers find each other—or is the elixir not all it was promised to be? With this exciting new-to-Dallas production, come see why The Elixir of Love has remained among the most popular comedic operas for nearly two centuries.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Cunning Little Vixen
This is no ordinary fox! Composer Leoš Janáček tells the story of a young fox, trapped by the forester as a cub. She makes a dramatic escape in search of what a wild animal’s life should be, including hunting, true love, and always looking over your shoulder. Australian director Barrie Kosky’s bold and glitzy new production brings vibrant theatricality to this classic story.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Cunning Little Vixen
This is no ordinary fox! Composer Leoš Janáček tells the story of a young fox, trapped by the forester as a cub. She makes a dramatic escape in search of what a wild animal’s life should be, including hunting, true love, and always looking over your shoulder. Australian director Barrie Kosky’s bold and glitzy new production brings vibrant theatricality to this classic story.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Cunning Little Vixen
This is no ordinary fox! Composer Leoš Janáček tells the story of a young fox, trapped by the forester as a cub. She makes a dramatic escape in search of what a wild animal’s life should be, including hunting, true love, and always looking over your shoulder. Australian director Barrie Kosky’s bold and glitzy new production brings vibrant theatricality to this classic story.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Cunning Little Vixen
This is no ordinary fox! Composer Leoš Janáček tells the story of a young fox, trapped by the forester as a cub. She makes a dramatic escape in search of what a wild animal’s life should be, including hunting, true love, and always looking over your shoulder. Australian director Barrie Kosky’s bold and glitzy new production brings vibrant theatricality to this classic story.
The Dallas Opera Family Show Series: The Little Prince
The magic of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s children’s story returns to the stage in this charming production, created especially for young audiences. Watch the Little Prince and his pilot friend learn important lessons about caring and friendship from wondrous creatures, including a fox, a snake, and a very chatty rose. A 50-minute family version of the beloved opera, featuring The Dallas Opera Orchestra!
The Dallas Opera's Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert
To address gender imbalance on opera podiums, TDO launched The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors, the only program of its kind, to train women conductors in 2015. More than 500 candidates from 40 nations have applied to be trained, advised, and supported by this extraordinary leadership initiative over the past decade.
This groundbreaking institute has helped change the face of classical music by significantly advancing the careers of women in the most visible position in the orchestra. The culmination of each season’s program is a festive Showcase Concert where each participant conducts The Dallas Opera Orchestra and guest singers in a program of operatic favorites in the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House.
The Dallas Opera Presents: Turandot
To win the hand of Princess Turandot, a suitor must solve three riddles; failure to do so means death. No man seems up to the challenge until an unknown prince steps forward. Will the icy princess finally warm to true love? Puccini’s unfinished work returns to The Dallas Opera with a new ending by Grammy Award®–winning composer Christopher Tin and acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Susan Soon He Stanton, celebrated for her work on Succession.
Composer Christopher Tin is well known for his work composing music for video games, including Civilization IV—the first piece of music written for a video game to ever win a Grammy Award®!
The Dallas Opera Family Show Series: The Little Prince
The magic of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s children’s story returns to the stage in this charming production, created especially for young audiences. Watch the Little Prince and his pilot friend learn important lessons about caring and friendship from wondrous creatures, including a fox, a snake, and a very chatty rose. A 50-minute family version of the beloved opera, featuring The Dallas Opera Orchestra!
The Dallas Opera Presents: Turandot
To win the hand of Princess Turandot, a suitor must solve three riddles; failure to do so means death. No man seems up to the challenge until an unknown prince steps forward. Will the icy princess finally warm to true love? Puccini’s unfinished work returns to The Dallas Opera with a new ending by Grammy Award®–winning composer Christopher Tin and acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Susan Soon He Stanton, celebrated for her work on Succession.
Composer Christopher Tin is well known for his work composing music for video games, including Civilization IV—the first piece of music written for a video game to ever win a Grammy Award®!
The Dallas Opera Presents: Turandot
To win the hand of Princess Turandot, a suitor must solve three riddles; failure to do so means death. No man seems up to the challenge until an unknown prince steps forward. Will the icy princess finally warm to true love? Puccini’s unfinished work returns to The Dallas Opera with a new ending by Grammy Award®–winning composer Christopher Tin and acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Susan Soon He Stanton, celebrated for her work on Succession.
Composer Christopher Tin is well known for his work composing music for video games, including Civilization IV—the first piece of music written for a video game to ever win a Grammy Award®!
The Dallas Opera Presents: Turandot
To win the hand of Princess Turandot, a suitor must solve three riddles; failure to do so means death. No man seems up to the challenge until an unknown prince steps forward. Will the icy princess finally warm to true love? Puccini’s unfinished work returns to The Dallas Opera with a new ending by Grammy Award®–winning composer Christopher Tin and acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Susan Soon He Stanton, celebrated for her work on Succession.
Composer Christopher Tin is well known for his work composing music for video games, including Civilization IV—the first piece of music written for a video game to ever win a Grammy Award®!
The Dallas Opera Presents: Lohengrin
A New Production of an Opera Epic!
Wagner returns to Dallas in this stunning season finale with one of opera’s biggest stories! Accused of her brother’s murder, Elsa prays for a way to prove her innocence. In answer, a knight in shining armor appears, ready to save her. He asks one thing in return: never ask his name. Schemes, betrayal, and battles abound, all encompassed in Wagner’s majestic score, including the famed “Bridal Chorus.” The Dallas Opera welcomes the return of acclaimed director Louis Désiré for another exciting production at the Winspear.
The Dallas Opera Presents: Lohengrin
Wagner returns to Dallas in this stunning season finale with one of opera’s biggest stories! Accused of her brother’s murder, Elsa prays for a way to prove her innocence. In answer, a knight in shining armor appears, ready to save her. He asks one thing in return: never ask his name. Schemes, betrayal, and battles abound, all encompassed in Wagner’s majestic score, including the famed “Bridal Chorus.” The Dallas Opera welcomes the return of acclaimed director Louis Désiré for another exciting production at the Winspear.
The Dallas Opera Presents: Lohengrin
Wagner returns to Dallas in this stunning season finale with one of opera’s biggest stories! Accused of her brother’s murder, Elsa prays for a way to prove her innocence. In answer, a knight in shining armor appears, ready to save her. He asks one thing in return: never ask his name. Schemes, betrayal, and battles abound, all encompassed in Wagner’s majestic score, including the famed “Bridal Chorus.” The Dallas Opera welcomes the return of acclaimed director Louis Désiré for another exciting production at the Winspear.
The Dallas Opera Presents: Lohengrin
Wagner returns to Dallas in this stunning season finale with one of opera’s biggest stories! Accused of her brother’s murder, Elsa prays for a way to prove her innocence. In answer, a knight in shining armor appears, ready to save her. He asks one thing in return: never ask his name. Schemes, betrayal, and battles abound, all encompassed in Wagner’s majestic score, including the famed “Bridal Chorus.” The Dallas Opera welcomes the return of acclaimed director Louis Désiré for another exciting production at the Winspear.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Elixir of Love
A hopeless romantic swoons for the town’s school teacher, but she doesn’t even notice him. Along comes a traveling salesman with the perfect “magical elixir” to give him all his heart desires. In the shifting climate of post-war Italy, will these two lovers find each other—or is the elixir not all it was promised to be? With this exciting new-to-Dallas production, come see why The Elixir of Love has remained among the most popular comedic operas for nearly two centuries.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Elixir of Love
A hopeless romantic swoons for the town’s school teacher, but she doesn’t even notice him. Along comes a traveling salesman with the perfect “magical elixir” to give him all his heart desires. In the shifting climate of post-war Italy, will these two lovers find each other—or is the elixir not all it was promised to be? With this exciting new-to-Dallas production, come see why The Elixir of Love has remained among the most popular comedic operas for nearly two centuries.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Elixir of Love
A hopeless romantic swoons for the town’s school teacher, but she doesn’t even notice him. Along comes a traveling salesman with the perfect “magical elixir” to give him all his heart desires. In the shifting climate of post-war Italy, will these two lovers find each other—or is the elixir not all it was promised to be? With this exciting new-to-Dallas production, come see why The Elixir of Love has remained among the most popular comedic operas for nearly two centuries.
UT Faculty Recital Series: Ebonee Thomas, Flute and Colette Valentine, Piano
Program
Sonata for Piccolo and Piano, Amanda Harberg
Allegro, Flowing
Moderato, Dreamy and
Vivace, Driving, Playful
Sequenza I per flauto, Luciano Berio
Mama Griot, Valerie Coleman
premiered by Thomas with Choo Choo Hu, piano, at the National Flute Association 2025 Flute Convention in Atlanta, GA
Syrinx, pour flûte seule, Claude Debussy
Sonata in A Major, César Franck
Allegretto ben moderato
Allegro
Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
Allegretto poco mosso
Black Orchestral Network Community Conversation Series: Audition Preparation
Join the Black Orchestral Network for a Community Conversation focused on audition preparation. From choosing repertoire and structuring practice to managing nerves and preparing for audition day, the panel discusses practical strategies to help musicians approach auditions with confidence, focus, and preparation.
Host Shea Scruggs leads a candid conversation with Will Leathers, Joy Payton-Stevens, and Ebonee Thomas.
Lakes Area Music Festival Presents Dances of Passion
Celebrate the season with a symphonic feast of rhythm, color, and energy. The dynamic pulse of Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances leads to vivid, sun-drenched landscapes and shimmering Spanish textures in Claude Debussy’s Ibéria. Our season finale then culminates in Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka, a kaleidoscopic ballet score that animates a mischievous puppet, a dazzling Russian fairground, and an irresistible surge of rhythmic brilliance.
Lakes Area Music Festival Presents Dances of Passion
Celebrate the season with a symphonic feast of rhythm, color, and energy. The dynamic pulse of Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances leads to vivid, sun-drenched landscapes and shimmering Spanish textures in Claude Debussy’s Ibéria. Our season finale then culminates in Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka, a kaleidoscopic ballet score that animates a mischievous puppet, a dazzling Russian fairground, and an irresistible surge of rhythmic brilliance.
Lakes Area Music Festival Presents Haydn's Passion
Dramatic energy and radiant lyricism shape this vibrant program. Haydn’s La Passione sets the stage with brooding intensity before giving way to the expressive virtuosity of festival favorite Daniel Hawkins in Strauss’s luxurious Horn Concerto No. 2. The program comes to a brilliant close with Poulenc’s dazzling Sinfonietta. Each work sparkles with wit, charm, and irresistible melody.
Black Orchestral Network Community Conversation Series: Musician Wellness
The Black Orchestral Network Community Conversation of July 2026 explores one of the most important topics facing musicians today: wellness.
A career in music demands extraordinary artistry, discipline, and resilience. But how do musicians care for themselves while navigating the physical, mental, and emotional realities of the profession?
Host Ebonee Thomas leads a candid conversation with two inspiring guests:
• Meghan Jones, founder of Wellness On Purpose, certified wellbeing consultant, author, and professional orchestra musician, whose work focuses on holistic health, behavior change, and helping people reconnect with sustainable wellness from the inside out.
• Joy Payton Stevens, musician, educator, and wellness advocate, who brings valuable perspectives on caring for ourselves while building fulfilling artistic careers.
Kinhaven Senior Session
During the six-week Senior Session, 90 young musicians gather on Kinhaven’s beautiful campus in Weston, Vermont, to play chamber music, chamber orchestra, symphony orchestra, and large ensembles. In addition, there are private music lessons, large and small chorales, and spontaneous music-making. A robust arts and activities program includes options to engage in pottery and art, folk dancing, a swimming pond, hiking and other field trips, and walks to the town center. With its rich programs, cherished traditions, and glorious food, students form lifelong friendships at Kinhaven, and many return year after year.
Ebonee Thomas will serve as flute faculty this summer at Kinhaven.
FLING! Flute Intensive of North Georgia
FLING! is a 4 day, in person, summer flute day camp for middle and high school students. Students participate in small group classes, flute choir, and work with guest artists.
FLING is a summer program presented by the Georgia Flute Academy. Ms. Thomas will be appearing as a guest artist in this year’s event.
Voices of Change Presents Ecstatic Meditation
Our season of musical meditation culminates with two world premieres by Shih-Hui Chen and Artistic Director Jonathan Cziner, as well as the Texas premiere of Ecstatic Meditation by Paul Frucht.
Umoja Flute Institute Presents: Orchestral Auditions Seminar (Virtual)
Professor Thomas will lead a seminar discussing an insider’s view of orchestral auditions in the United States. There is no fee to attend this course, but an RSVP is required. Email questions to info@ufinstitute.com.
Austin Civic Orchestra Presents The Extraordinary Woman
Throughout history, women have used intelligence, artistry, and resilience to shape the world around them. The Extraordinary Woman celebrates these voices through powerful orchestral storytelling, featuring music that embodies brilliance, strength, and boundless imagination.
Artwork created by Austin-area youth while listening to Scheherazade will be on display while the orchestra plays the piece.
Texas Ballet Theater Presents: Swan Lake
Experience the ethereal beauty of Swan Lake, where love and fate collide in a breathtaking tale of enchantment and betrayal. Ben Stevenson OBE’s masterful two-act production offers an elegant yet approachable retelling filled with passion, drama, and grandeur. Watch the White Swan embody innocence and grace while the fierce Black Swan dazzles with diamond-like brilliance. With opulent sets and newly refurbished costumes, this production promises a mesmerizing journey into one of the most widely acclaimed classical ballets.
Texas Ballet Theater Presents: Swan Lake
Experience the ethereal beauty of Swan Lake, where love and fate collide in a breathtaking tale of enchantment and betrayal. Ben Stevenson OBE’s masterful two-act production offers an elegant yet approachable retelling filled with passion, drama, and grandeur. Watch the White Swan embody innocence and grace while the fierce Black Swan dazzles with diamond-like brilliance. With opulent sets and newly refurbished costumes, this production promises a mesmerizing journey into one of the most widely acclaimed classical ballets.
Texas Ballet Theater Presents: Swan Lake
Experience the ethereal beauty of Swan Lake, where love and fate collide in a breathtaking tale of enchantment and betrayal. Ben Stevenson OBE’s masterful two-act production offers an elegant yet approachable retelling filled with passion, drama, and grandeur. Watch the White Swan embody innocence and grace while the fierce Black Swan dazzles with diamond-like brilliance. With opulent sets and newly refurbished costumes, this production promises a mesmerizing journey into one of the most widely acclaimed classical ballets.
Texas Ballet Theater Presents: Swan Lake
Experience the ethereal beauty of Swan Lake, where love and fate collide in a breathtaking tale of enchantment and betrayal. Ben Stevenson OBE’s masterful two-act production offers an elegant yet approachable retelling filled with passion, drama, and grandeur. Watch the White Swan embody innocence and grace while the fierce Black Swan dazzles with diamond-like brilliance. With opulent sets and newly refurbished costumes, this production promises a mesmerizing journey into one of the most widely acclaimed classical ballets.
The Fort Worth Opera Presents: Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly returns to Bass Performance Hall in a stunning full production from Fort Worth Opera that delivers the heartbreak and beauty of this iconic work. Featuring breathtaking sets, richly detailed costumes, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra bringing Puccini’s achingly beautiful score to life, this unforgettable story of love, cultural blindness, and a mother’s sacrifice remains as powerful today as when Fort Worth Opera first performed it in 1947. Anchored by one of the most exquisite scores in the operatic canon, Butterfly is a poignant tribute to a woman’s steadfast devotion and maturing will — and a signature work of the company’s 80-year legacy.
Experience the tragic story of a young Japanese bride who falls deeply in love with an American naval officer, only to be abandoned and left waiting for his return. When he comes back years later with a new American wife, her devotion is tested in the most devastating way.
The Fort Worth Opera Presents: Madama Butterfly
Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly returns to Bass Performance Hall in a stunning full production from Fort Worth Opera that delivers the heartbreak and beauty of this iconic work. Featuring breathtaking sets, richly detailed costumes, and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra bringing Puccini’s achingly beautiful score to life, this unforgettable story of love, cultural blindness, and a mother’s sacrifice remains as powerful today as when Fort Worth Opera first performed it in 1947. Anchored by one of the most exquisite scores in the operatic canon, Butterfly is a poignant tribute to a woman’s steadfast devotion and maturing will — and a signature work of the company’s 80-year legacy.
Experience the tragic story of a young Japanese bride who falls deeply in love with an American naval officer, only to be abandoned and left waiting for his return. When he comes back years later with a new American wife, her devotion is tested in the most devastating way.
UT Wind Ensemble Featuring Ebonee Thomas and Seraph Brass
Featuring:
Emily Warren and T.j. Anderson, guest conductors
Ebonee Thomas, flute
Seraph Brass
Program:
Lindsay Bronnenkant, Tarot
Anthony DiLorenzo, Chimera
John Corigliano, Pied Piper Fantasy
The Dallas Opera Presents: the National Vocal Competition
Get a first glimpse of the opera stars of tomorrow, as they perform on the Winspear stage. Finalists at the 2026 National Vocal Competition will sing with The Dallas Opera Orchestra while competing against singers from across the United States. Attendees are invited to join the action by voting for the “People’s Choice Award” winner of the evening.
Upon winning first place at the 2025 Lone Star Competition, Kayla Nanto automatically earned her place as a finalist at the 2026 National Vocal Competition. The rest of the finalists will be announced in early January 2026.
Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks Series: Rite of Spring
Spring is in the air as Sarasota Orchestra offers a program of monumental works, each of which broke new ground in their day. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was so novel and unprecedented that a riot broke out at its premiere. A tour de force for the orchestra musicians and conductor, its live performance is a not-to-be-missed event. Violinist Benjamin Beilman brings his trademark flair to Mozart’s final and most virtuosic violin concerto. The program opens with Joan Tower’s 1920/2019, composed in 2019 to honor the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women suffrage.
Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks Series: Rite of Spring
Spring is in the air as Sarasota Orchestra offers a program of monumental works, each of which broke new ground in their day. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was so novel and unprecedented that a riot broke out at its premiere. A tour de force for the orchestra musicians and conductor, its live performance is a not-to-be-missed event. Violinist Benjamin Beilman brings his trademark flair to Mozart’s final and most virtuosic violin concerto. The program opens with Joan Tower’s 1920/2019, composed in 2019 to honor the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women suffrage.
Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks Series: Rite of Spring
Spring is in the air as Sarasota Orchestra offers a program of monumental works, each of which broke new ground in their day. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was so novel and unprecedented that a riot broke out at its premiere. A tour de force for the orchestra musicians and conductor, its live performance is a not-to-be-missed event. Violinist Benjamin Beilman brings his trademark flair to Mozart’s final and most virtuosic violin concerto. The program opens with Joan Tower’s 1920/2019, composed in 2019 to honor the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women suffrage.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Little Prince
Take a flight of the imagination when a pilot stranded in the desert meets the little prince! After an action-packed galactic journey, this magical boy visits Earth, determined to find a way to save his own tiny planet and everything he cherishes. Friendship, loss, love, and finding out that what’s truly important in life “is invisible to the eye” … much is explored in this “enchanting opera that’s filled with warm wisdom and lyrical beauty.” (BOSTON HERALD)
Shrill to Skill: Intonation Strategies for the Flute Section
Learn how to address flute and piccolo intonation issues, including understanding differences between the instruments. Learn how air speed and direction, dynamics, and vibrato affect pitch, and gain effective strategies for using drones, pitch bending, alternate fingerings, and ear-training exercises.
Ebonee Thomas and Lisa Garner Santa will lead this session.
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Little Prince
Take a flight of the imagination when a pilot stranded in the desert meets the little prince! After an action-packed galactic journey, this magical boy visits Earth, determined to find a way to save his own tiny planet and everything he cherishes. Friendship, loss, love, and finding out that what’s truly important in life “is invisible to the eye” … much is explored in this “enchanting opera that’s filled with warm wisdom and lyrical beauty.” (BOSTON HERALD)
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Little Prince
Take a flight of the imagination when a pilot stranded in the desert meets the little prince! After an action-packed galactic journey, this magical boy visits Earth, determined to find a way to save his own tiny planet and everything he cherishes. Friendship, loss, love, and finding out that what’s truly important in life “is invisible to the eye” … much is explored in this “enchanting opera that’s filled with warm wisdom and lyrical beauty.” (BOSTON HERALD)
The Dallas Opera Presents: The Little Prince
Take a flight of the imagination when a pilot stranded in the desert meets the little prince! After an action-packed galactic journey, this magical boy visits Earth, determined to find a way to save his own tiny planet and everything he cherishes. Friendship, loss, love, and finding out that what’s truly important in life “is invisible to the eye” … much is explored in this “enchanting opera that’s filled with warm wisdom and lyrical beauty.” (BOSTON HERALD)