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Charles and Chesley Krohn Perform LOVE LETTERS with On the Verge Theatre


by Stephi Wild - April 10, 2024

On the Verge Theatre has announced a once-in-a-lifetime event featuring the legendary theatre couple, Charles and Chesley Krohn, in a special one-night-only performance of A.R. Gurney's beloved play, LOVE LETTERS. ...

Houston Grand Opera Reveals 2024-25 Season


by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2024

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, featuring a spectacular, new, season-opening production of Il trovatore; the return of charming, family-friendly Cinderella, classic tragedy La bohème, and blockbuster musical West Side Story; Houstonians’ first-ever chance to see award-winning o...

Shereen Pimentel and Brenton Ryan To Lead WEST SIDE STORY At Houston Grand Opera; Full Season Announced


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2024

Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 season, which includes a concert presentation of the Broadway masterpiece, West Side Story, led by Broadway's Shereen Pimentel and tenor Brenton Ryan. ...

Houston Grand Opera to Open Mozart's DON GIOVANNI This April


by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2024

Experience the magic of Mozart's DON GIOVANNI as Houston Grand Opera opens its doors on April 19. Don't miss this timeless masterpiece at HGO....

Houston Chamber Choir Performs MASS IN EXILE in March


by Stephi Wild - February 27, 2024

Houston Chamber Choir will present the world premiere of their commission “Mass in Exile,” composed by Mark Buller with libretto by Leah Lax. The performance is set for Saturday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. at South Main Baptist Church ...

Houston Grand Opera To Host Themed Experiences For Audiences At THE SOUND OF MUSIC


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 20, 2024

Houston Grand Opera is launching a new initiative featuring special themed experiences this spring at three performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music....

Houstonians Invited to Join Houston Grand Opera and Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church for the Fifth Annual GIVING VOICE Concert


by A.A. Cristi - February 12, 2024

Houston Grand Opera and Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church invite Houstonians to join them for the Fifth Annual Giving Voice Concert. This free, ticketed event celebrates Black women artists in opera and song. The concert will be held on Friday, March 8, 2024, at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in the hist...

Ars Lyrica Houston Presents Soprano Lauren Snouffer In An All-French Concert


by A.A. Cristi - January 25, 2024

Join soprano Lauren Snouffer for an all-French concert presented by Ars Lyrica Houston. Experience the beauty of French music in this captivating performance....

Houston Grand Opera Will Host Sensory-Friendly Performance of KATIE: THE STRONGEST OF THE STRONG


by Stephi Wild - January 18, 2024

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present a sensory-friendly performance of Katie: The Strongest of the Strong, part of its Opera to Go! series for students and families, on Sunday, January 28, in the Kaplan Theatre at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center.  ...

Winners Announced For The 2023 BroadwayWorld Houston Awards


by BWW Awards - January 11, 2024

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Houston Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Houston! Winners include Theatre Southwest, Alley Theatre and more!...

Past Shows


The young siblings who are lost in the darkness of the forest encounter the sumptuous candy house of the witch who loves to eat children ...


On Friday, FEBRUARY 19, Houston Grand Opera will present the digital world premiere of Songs for Murdered Sisters. Five years ago, Joshua Hopkins's life changed ...


Houston Grand Opera presents the JANUARY installment of Live from The Cullen on JANUARY 8. Viewers will be transported to the Wortham Theater Center's Cullen ...


Ring in the holiday season with Houston Grand Opera! On Friday, DECEMBER 18, HGO Digital will release the HGO Studio Holiday Celebration. Tune in as ...


7:30 pm. The world premiere of composer Joel Thompson and librettist Andrea Davis Pinkney’s new opera, based on the beloved children’s book by Jack Ezra ...

Bon Appetit!
11/27


Renowned mezzo-soprano and HGO Studio alumna Jamie Barton delights as Julia Child in Lee Hoiby’s one-woman opera. Based on an episode of Child’s TV program, ...


Bon Appétit! and The Impresario will be streamed back-to-back. Audiences can view this HGO Digital double bill for free for one month following its release....


Mozart’s brief opera—featuring warring divas, a show within a show, and one of the composer’s greatest overtures—gets an English-language retelling from playwright Jim Luigs, the ...


Houston Grand Opera will present the NOVEMBER installment of Live from The Cullen on NOVEMBER 13. Viewers will be transported to the Wortham Theater Center's ...


Based on the life of Austro-American weightlifter Katie Brumbach, Katie: The Strongest of the Strong is the charming and cheeky tale of Katie's rise to ...


Attention, Best in Show fans: Get ready to laugh uproariously at this chamber opera from composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek, a hilarious ...


Spend an evening with tomorrow’s opera stars—the wonderful young artists who, after intense competition, have been selected to train in the prestigious HGO Studio—as they ...


HGO Digital will present the Live from the Cullen Recital Series, featuring opera stars Tamara Wilson, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Reginald Smith Jr., and select HGO Studio ...

Nixon in China
Nixon in China
1/20 - 1/28/2017


The Historic Trip that Broke 25 Years of Silence. Nixon in China, an original HGO commission and a pivotal piece of the modern opera repertoire, ...

Carousel
4/22 - 5/7/2016


Carmen
4/25 - 5/10/2014


The femme fatale is ubiquitous in literature, from the biblical Delilah to Shakespeare's Cleopatra to the smoky, dangerous beauties of the film noir era. But ...

Das Rheingold
4/11 - 4/26/2014


This stunning production takes us to a mythical world of dwarfs and gods, magical helmets, and a ring that endows its wearer with ultimate power. ...

A Little Night Music
3/7 - 3/23/2014


"Send in the Clowns" and elegant waltzes drive this bittersweet story-the winner of six Tony awards including best musical, book, and score. Old flames are ...

A Coffin in Egypt
3/14 - 3/22/2014


An intimate afternoon conversation triggers a searing examination of the past in this tour-de-force written for superstar Frederica von Stade. The story is rich with ...

Rigoletto
1/24 - 2/9/2014


Rigoletto, jester to the Duke of Mantua, is both reviled and respected for his razor-sharp, bitter wit. His only joy is his daughter, Gilda, whom ...

The Passenger
1/18 - 2/2/2014


Memory can comfort, torment-even terrify-but it is always with us. As Faulkner wrote, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." The horrors of the ...

Die Fledermaus
10/25 - 11/10/2013


Prince Orlofsky's costume ball-the most coveted invitation of the year-drives the action of this urbane farce by Johann Strauss.Captivating serenades, a famous Hungarian csárdás, and, ...

Aida
10/18 - 11/9/2013


Aida, an Ethiopian princess enslaved to Amneris, the princess of Egypt, has fallen in love with the warrior Radames. As he rides into battle, Aida ...

Il trovatore
4/26 - 5/11/2013


The opera is set in fifteenth-century Spain, a period of civil war. The present ruler, the Prince of Aragon, is battling the forces of the ...

Tristan and Isolde
4/18 - 5/5/2013


Tristan has left his ancestral home to serve his uncle, King Marke of Cornwall, who, childless, has made him heir to the throne. Cornwall has ...

Cruzar la Cara de la Luna
3/21 - 3/24/2013


Where is home? Is it where we are born? Or where we live most of our lives? Is it with the family we leave behind ...

Mary Stuart
Mary Stuart
4/21 - 5/4/2012


This story of regal cousins, Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I—rivals for the crown and the same nobleman’s love—delivers fascinating historical drama. Elizabeth has ...

Don Carlos
Don Carlos
4/13 - 4/28/2012


Don Carlos, with intense passions and a majestic score, is the quintessential grand opera. King Phillippe II of Spain dissolves the engagement of Don Carlos, ...

La Traviata
La Traviata
1/27 - 2/12/2012


Love, sacrifice and redemption: La Traviata’s dazzling heroine embodies all three in one of opera’s most beloved stories. The story of Violetta Valéry—a Parisian courtesan ...

The Rape of Lucrecia
The Rape of Lucrecia
2/3 - 2/11/2012


The story of Lucretia has inspired writers from Ovid in ancient Rome and Shakespeare to Thornton Wilder; painters like like Titian, Botticelli and Raphael immortalized ...

Fidelio
Fidelio
10/28 - 11/13/2011


Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, is a soaring musical testament to the ideals of courage, justice and freedom. Leonore is willing to sacrifice her own life ...

The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
10/21 - 11/6/2011


A lecherous old man is no match for young love and sheer audacity, especially when Figaro is involved. Dr. Bartolo is love with Rosina, his ...

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