Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ will be presented by The Dallas Opera in March as part of its 2021/22 season. (Photo via dallasopera.org) In a press release Monday, The Dallas Opera (TDO) announced the appointment of Walker Beard as its Director of Operations, which is a new position created with the recent restructuring of TDO’s production, technical, and artistic teams. “We are delighted to welcome Walker Beard to The Dallas Opera,” Ian Derrer, TDO’s general director and CEO said in the release. “It’s not easy to find someone who has the unique combination of skill sets for both artistic and production leadership, and Walker has a proven track record with both.” From TDO: Beard is a Texas native fro El Paso who joins TDO from the