Steven Brown

It will be Luisi’s first time to conduct—and the orchestra’s first time to play—J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion.

The Dallas Opera’s outgoing CEO sums up the company’s plans for next season simply. “The season as a whole is really entertainment-forward,” Ian Derrer says.

After completing his most ambitious work, Gustav Mahler exulted to a friend.

The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra still has its eye on Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy and their ilk. But it will peek beyond its artistic home turf next season, when it will share Bass Performance Hall with actors, dancers and even masterpieces of Spanish painting.