This summer, the Metroplex Opera Company will celebrate it's ninth season by presenting in its entirety Mozart's famous comedy, The Marriage of Figaro. Performances will take place on Friday, July 15 at 7:00 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on July 17 at 2:30 p.m. All performances will take place at the Bank of America Theatre at the Charles W. Eisemann Center in Richardson, Tx.

The Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and Corporate Presentations, which opened in September 2002, is located within Richardson’s Galatyn Park Urban Center, just north of Campbell Road at Central Expressway. The Bank of America Theatre is a 368-seat adaptable theater which is ideal for intimate opera performances.

The Metroplex Opera Company previously presented the Second Act of the Marriage of Figaro as a fundraiser, with performances in November 2009 at the Treemont Retirement Community in North Dallas. We are now excited to be able to build on that experience to bring you the entire opera.

Cast Information

All performances of the opera will be fully staged, in period costume, with a live orchestra, under the baton of MOC resident conductor, Dr. Beau Benson. Dr. Benson, who recently received his doctorate in conducting from Michigan State University, also conducted the company's double-bill last summer of La Serva Padrona and The Impresario.

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