Oct 28
The DMMO Years The 2015 Summer Season After those2013 and 2014 Summer Festivals, one would think that DMMO would take a bit of a break and go for lighter operatic fare. This was definitely not the case with the 2015 Summer Festival season, which was even more ambitious than its predecessor. Not only were there …
Oct 21
The DMMO Years The 2014 Summer Season Normally after a “blockbuster” of an opera season, the company would schedule operas that were more in the mainstream and a mixture of genres – from modern to the standard Italian repertory, and which were less costly to stage. Well. the DMMO was (and is not) your every-day …
Oct 01
The DMMO Years The 2013 Summer Season The 2013 summer season of the Des Moines Metro Opera was the most challenging of my nineteen seasons with the company. By this time the company’s new leadership had had time to grow into their roles (although, if truth be told, they were at the top of their …
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