The Metroplex Opera Company will present selections from Opera and the Great American Songbook on Saturday, April 14 at 3:00 pm at the Treemont Retirement Center, 5550 Harvest Hill Road, Dallas, TX 75230. Reception following.

• Operatic selections are from works by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Rossini, and others.

• Selections from the Great American Songbook will include songs by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Rodgers and and Hart, Stephen Sondheim, and others.

This concert is being given to raise funds for two gala concerts at the Eisemann Center on Friday, July 20 and a Sunday matinee, July 22, 2012.

There is no charge for the concert; however, donations will be greatly appreciated. Contributions are tax-deductible since the Metroplex Opera Company is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Ann Petty is the Artistic and Managing of the Metroplec Opera Company, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer. The Metroplex Opera Company gives all singers honoraria, the amount depending on fundraising which will be ongoing until the performances.

The Metroplex Opera Company was founded to perform operas and operettas to enlighten and entertain the general public.

The Metroplex Opera Company will afford trained opera singers, actors, and instrumentalists in the Dallas-Fort Worth area the experience and exposure necessary for a musical career. To help young people appreciate opera, it will present short operas in area schools. A long-range goal is to present operas and operettas in towns without access to opera so that more people can appreciate this unique art form.

Members of the Company have presented Christmas concerts at Valley View Mall in Dallas, fundraising concerts at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and concerts of patriotic music at retirement homes. It has performed 2 concerts for the Italian Club of Dallas, and has given two very successful fundraising concerts at the home of a patron.

The Metroplex Opera Company performed its first staged work, Puccini's Suor Angelica, on March 17 and 19, 2006, at El Centro Community College.

The Company presented its second staged production with orchestra, Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince, on April 11, 12, and 13, 2008, at the Lakewood Theater in Dallas.

The company presented the Second Act of The Marriage of Figaro as a fundraiser at the Treemont Retirement Community in November of 2009.

In June 2010, the Metroplex Opera Company produced a double bill of Pergolesi's charming comedy, La Serva Padrona, and Mozart's hilarious comic opera, The Impresario, both conducted by Dr. Benson.

There are also fundraising concerts held from time to time.

All singers who perform with the Metroplex Opera Company are given honoraria.

The Metroplex Opera Company, Inc. is a Texas non-profit organization with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status granted by the Internal Revenue Service. Contributions to the opera company are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

 Presenting an opera is costly. We appreciate all donations. Make your check payable and mail to:

The Metroplex Opera Company, Inc.
3436 Lovers Lane,
Dallas, TX 75225-7630