The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is one of
the few in the country that has its
season split in October, the state
fair takes over the music hall and the
symphony takes some time off.
But this year, Maestro Eduardo Motta
has turned the split season hindrance to
an advantage by making the first month
a special theme production, a
Shakespearean festival which includes
not only music, but also readings from
Shakespeare's plays and a chance to view
some one hundred fifteen year old
costumes from the Folger Library,
the largest collection of Shakespearean
memorabilia in the world.
The rare costumes, once worn by 19th
century actors, were hand carried to
Dallas from Washington.
They'll be on exhibit in the Music Hall
library through September 10.
Concerts during the next month will
feature different composers renditions of
Romeo and Juliet.
Tonight, Mendelsohn's A Midsummer Night's
Dream was the featured work by the
symphony, kicked off at seventy eight
seventy nine season with a Beethoven
overture.
Karen Parfitt, The Texas News.