The Dallas Opera Patrick Summers, conductor Performers listed below Successful operas based on Shakespeare are few and far between. Over the centuries three or four hundred of them have been written. These days, the same thing might be said of NEW operas.
World premieres take place fairly frequently.
But most often, after the premiere and its public relations fanfares, these new operas languish unheard. So the opera we re about to hear is already a winner on two counts. And it's barely more than a decade old. A NEW opera, based on a famous Shakespeare play. That first production won favorable notices from both press and public.