The building's 2,200 seat performance hall is a 21st century interpretation of a classic horseshoe configuration which was built to accommodate not only opera and ballet but performing arts groups and Broadway tours as well.įour levels of balconies are dramatically stacked to create an intimate environment where the audience is as close to the action as possible. Home to The Dallas Opera and Texas Ballet Theater, the Winspear was designed by Foster + Partners under Pritzker Prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster with a stage large enough to park a 140-seat Boeing 737. (It is Texas, after all.) Designed to be glamorous and yet comfortable, the building is accessible to patrons of all types whether they come tuxedo-clad for opening night of the opera or in blue jeans for a Sunday afternoon musical theater performance. Hosting an eclectic lineup of America's most sought-after musicians, actors, dancers, and performers, the Winspear not only invites you to come admire its opulence and grandeur, but this very unpretentious venue is hospitable enough to pull up a chair for you and offer you a glass of iced tea. No longer just a glimmer of hope in the minds of visionaries from decades past, the Arts District is now a cluster of Dallas gems, with the glowing crimson Winspear Opera House as its ruby. Just walking along Flora Street in downtown Dallas creates an anticipation that quickly begins to evoke excitement.

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