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The new Dallas Opera redefines the sense of an opera house in the XXI century, breaking the old barriers and making opera accessible to a wider audience. In response to the climate of Dallas, a generous deck extends from the building, leaving beneath, it’s a fully glazed lobby 18 feet high. This establishes a direct relationship between inside and outside, through transparency.

Opera, with its cover on the orthogonal grid on Flora Street, is the focus of this district, which also includes the Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, Booker T Washington School, the H Meyerson Symphony Center and the City Performance Hall. Winspear Opera offers a space for outdoor entertainment with a capacity for 5,000 people, a space for smaller performances, a cafe and the entrance and main access to parking.

The auditorium itself creates an intimate environment for artists. This intimacy is reinforced by the emphasis on the front of the balcony, with its white gold finish contrasted with dark red interior. The acoustics, developed by Bob Essert of Sound Space Design, is enhanced by the compactness of the auditorium. The details and finishes enhance the resonance of the sound of human voices, making the orchestra sound more rich and clear at once.

The vertical glass panels of the east side, allowing the building with a restaurant and cafe open all the way outside. La Gran Plaza answered the grid cover with a pattern marked on the concrete, referring to the urban grid of the great Dallas. A black granite fountain is set in the pavement, with a thin layer of water that enhances the names of those who financed the project, inscribed on the stone through steel letters.