Winspear Opera House
Winspear Opera House
Dallas, USA 2003 – 2009
The Dallas Opera Company is known for its excellence and innovation in theatre and this was reflected in the brief for its new home in Dallas’ Arts District. It has become a destination for a non-opera-going public, with a café, restaurant and bookshop that would be accessible throughout the day. The Winspear inverts the traditionally closed, hierarchical structure of the opera house to create a series of welcoming spaces that wrap around the rich red drum of the auditorium. The auditorium follows a horseshoe configuration, and can seat up to 2,200 people.
Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX, November 3, 2016
A custom chandelier consisting of 318 internally illuminated rods, forming a 40’ high and 40’ diameter lighting fixture, that retracts into the ceiling. Chandelier designed by Claude Engle, 2009.
From construction to public gathering place: Dallas' Winspear Opera House
Watch the Winspear Opera House go from a construction site to a public gathering place in 10 seconds!
Learn how you can help us raise the curtain on another season at the Center: attpac.org/give-and-get/want-to-help-us-raise-the-curtain/
The Moody Chandelier at the Winspear Opera House Dallas
The Moody Chandelier at the Winspear Opera House Dallas
Retracting chandelier at the Winspear Opera House in motion
The grand chandelier of the Winspear Opera House in Dallas TX retracts into thr ceiling right before the show begins. An incredible sight by any measure!
The Moody Chandelier assending at the Winspear Opera House Dallas
The Moody Chandelier assending at the Winspear Opera House Dallas
The Magic Flute, Behind the Scenes: Winspear Opera House Tour
Dana Cobb and Alex Eshelbrenner from the AT&T Performing Arts Center give us, along with WFAA-TV host Ron Corning, a tour of the Winspear Opera house and the surrounding Dallas Arts District.
Winspear Opera House - Unique LED chandelier
A custom chandelier consisting of 318 internally illuminated rods, forming a 40' high and 40' diameter lighting fixture, that retracts into the ceiling. For more information about the rigging that makes this custome chandelier possible visit
Skinny Love by Bon Iver, Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX, Sept. 12, 2011
Video captured from my seat in the Grand Tier. Special thanks to Libby for letting me borrow her camera and sending me the footage.
The Benefits of the new Winspear Opera House
Dallas Opera's Technical Director Drew Field explains the benefits of the new Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House during the set change of DON PASQUALE.
The New Dallas Winspear Opera House (pan view from left balcony)
Winspear Opera House - VT Architectural Wood Doors
RENT 20th Anniversary Tour at the Winspear Opera House
Tickets and more here -
The 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT will be stopping at the AT&T Performing Arts Center Sep 20 - Oct 2 2016
Winspear Opera House chandelier
Winspear Chandelier
Retracting chandelier at Winpear Opera House in Dallas, Texas.
Topping Out of the Winspear Opera House
The Winspear family and friends watch from the One Arts Plaza in downtown Dallas, as the Opera House is topped out with a red beam.
Winspear Opera House
The Winspear Opera House chandelier in Dallas performs its elegant vanishing act.
Margaret McDermott - Winspear Opera House
Mrs. Margaret McDermott, wife of the late Eugene McDermott Texas Instruments Founder, with Tom Engibous Retired Chairman of Texas Insturments at a special preview of the new Dallas Winspear Opera House, Margaret McDermott Performance Hall
Construction Update- February 09
Take a look at the exciting progress of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts lead by Doug Curtis, Jeff Innmon, and Michael Korns.