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04/17/2026

Happiness is where you find it! Right Ma? Come hear what some of our cast members think of this spectacular new work by composer Lisa DeSpain () and librettist David Simpatico ()!

Opening night is TONIGHT! Mark your calendars for this hellish story! 🗓️

Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

04/17/2026

Join the good time crew! Come hear what some of our chorus members think of this spectacular new work by composer Lisa DeSpain () and librettist David Simpatico ()!

Opening night is TOMORROW! Mark your calendars for this hellish story! 🗓️

Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

04/16/2026

Come watch our WORLD PREMIERE of That Hellbound Train composed by Lisa DeSpain () and librettist David Simpatico ()! 🚂🚂

Opening night is this Friday April 17th at 7:30pm and Sunday, April 19th at 3pm.
Tickets are on sale now!🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles

04/15/2026

Are you ready to get one board?!? Come hear what some of our chorus members think of this spectacular new work by composer Lisa DeSpain () and librettist David Simpatico ()!

Opening night is April 17th! Mark your calendars for this hellish story! 🗓️

Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

REHEARSAL SNEAKPEEK 🚂🔥 Buy your ticket in advance!Composed by Lisa DeSpain () and libbretto by David Simpatico (), openi...
04/13/2026

REHEARSAL SNEAKPEEK 🚂🔥 Buy your ticket in advance!

Composed by Lisa DeSpain () and libbretto by David Simpatico (), opening night is April 17th! Mark your calendars for this hellish story! 🗓️

Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

Introducing our Cast for That Hellbound Train! 🚂🔥Composed by Lisa DeSpain () and libbretto by David Simpatico (), openin...
04/13/2026

Introducing our Cast for That Hellbound Train! 🚂🔥

Composed by Lisa DeSpain () and libbretto by David Simpatico (), opening night is April 17th! Mark your calendars for this hellish story! 🗓️

Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

🚨RECITAL ALERT!🚨Month of AprilFill out your recital form and support your College of Music colleagues!💚
04/11/2026

🚨RECITAL ALERT!🚨Month of April
Fill out your recital form and support your College of Music colleagues!💚

Introducing our Hungry Maw of Time, choir of Angels, Used Car Jingles, and Passengers of That Hellbound Train! 🚂🔥Compose...
04/06/2026

Introducing our Hungry Maw of Time, choir of Angels, Used Car Jingles, and Passengers of That Hellbound Train! 🚂🔥

Composed by Lisa DeSpain () and libbretto by David Simpatico (), opening night is April 17th! Mark your calendars for this hellish story! 🗓️

Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

Introducing our Hungry Maw of Time, choir of Angels, Used Car Jingles, and Passengers of That Hellbound Train! 🚂🔥Compose...
04/06/2026

Introducing our Hungry Maw of Time, choir of Angels, Used Car Jingles, and Passengers of That Hellbound Train! 🚂🔥

Composed by Lisa DeSpain () and libbretto by David Simpatico (), opening night is April 17th! Mark your calendars for this hellish story! 🗓️

Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

Introducing our Hoboes, City Slickers, Tourists, Cruise Ship Passengers, Salvation Army Gospel Shouters, and Flop House ...
04/04/2026

Introducing our Hoboes, City Slickers, Tourists, Cruise Ship Passengers, Salvation Army Gospel Shouters, and Flop House Residents! 🚂🔥

Composed by Lisa DeSpain () and libbretto by David Simpatico (), opening night is April 17th! Mark your calendars for this hellish story!

🗓️ Ticket link in our bio 🎟️

Sung in English with subtitles.

UNT Opera Presents: Lisa DeSpain and David Simpatico’s That Hellbound Train! 🚂 🔥 Martin, an orphan and wanderer makes a ...
04/01/2026

UNT Opera Presents: Lisa DeSpain and David Simpatico’s That Hellbound Train! 🚂 🔥

Martin, an orphan and wanderer makes a bargain with The Conductor of That Hellbound
Train. I exchange for his soul; Martin asks for the power to stop time and live forever in a
moment of his choosing – a moment of perfect happiness. Is happiness found in a dry cot
ad a bottle of muscatel? A series of one-night stands? Is it the moment Martin meets his
wife or holds his newborn son in his arms? Is happiness found in wealth, power, status, or
the arms of a mistress?

That Hellbound Train asks, if you had the power to stop time and live forever in a moment of
perfect happiness, in a lifetime of moments, which one would you choose? Or would you?

📅 Performance Dates:
- April 17th @ 7:30 PM
- April 19th @ 3:00 PM

📍 Location: Lyric Theater (Murchison Performing Arts Center)

🎟️ Tickets: $15-35
music.unt.edu/events

🚨 RECITAL ALERT: Month of March 🚨 March is truly mad this month with a killer line up, sure to spark your interest! The ...
03/16/2026

🚨 RECITAL ALERT: Month of March 🚨

March is truly mad this month with a killer line up, sure to spark your interest! The talent is almost too much for eyes to bear and we’re so excited to be celebrating all of it.

Fill out that recital form and support your College of Music colleagues!

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