You've Never Heard a Voice Like This
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What this talk is about
The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.
One speaker. One big idea. One good room.
Where · Times Ten Cellars.
Dr. Corey Trahan opens with a claim: you've never actually heard a human voice. Not the way opera asks you to hear one. The unamplified voice, shaped by centuries of technique, fills a hall without microphones and carries text, emotion, and melody at once. Dr. Trahan directs TCU Opera Studio and performs as a tenor with Fort Worth Opera, and he'll walk through what sets opera apart from other vocal traditions. Tonight's talk draws on his work staging productions and performing professionally across the region.
Soprano Megan Koch performs three arias: Quando m'en vo, Sempre libera, and Porgi amor. Koch has appeared with Fort Worth Opera, Opera Arlington, and Shreveport Opera, and was featured on the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops concerts. She made her mainstage debut as Donna Anna with Opera Arlington and returned to Fort Worth Opera as Amy in Mark Adamo's Little Women. She won the Classical Singer Vocal Competition Emerging Artist Division in 2022 and served as a Hattie Mae Lesley Resident Artist at Fort Worth Opera for two seasons.
How the night goes
Doors at 6:30 PM. Claim a seat, settle in.
We kick things off around 6:55 PM.
Dr. Trahan takes the floor at 7:00 PM.
Questions from the room near 7:45 PM.
Then we linger. Meet the speaker, meet each other, around 8:00 PM.
Out by 8:30 PM.
Who's speaking
Dr. Corey Trahan
Dr. Corey Trahan directs TCU Opera Studio and chairs the music department at Texas Christian University, where he stages full operatic productions. He performs as a professional tenor with Fort Worth Opera and has led the TCU Opera Studio to national recognition, including first and third-place prizes from Opera America.
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Times Ten Cellars · Dallas, TX