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2 unusual facts about Fort Worth Opera


Fort Worth Opera

In seven months, the trio pulled together a full scale production of Verdi's La Traviata, performed on November 25, 1946 in a building now known as the Cowtown Coliseum located in the Fort Worth Stockyards.

The company booked its second main-stage world premiere, Before Night Falls by Cuban-American composer Jorge Martín, based on the memoirs of Cuban poet and writer Reinaldo Arenas.


Before Night Falls

On May 29, 2010 the premiere performance of Before Night Falls, an opera by Jorge Martín, took place at the Fort Worth Opera.


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