The company was founded in 1957 as the Dallas Civic Opera by Laurence Kelly and Nicolà Rescigno, both of whom had been active with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the first as administrator, the second as artistic director.
He retained his seat until the 1989 general election, when he lost out to his running mate, Laurence Kelly.
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