OPERA HOUSTON NEWS COVERAGE Metropolitan Opera Star Jennifer Rowley Headlines Fort Worth Opera's 2019 Southern Soirée
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2018 Fort Worth Opera is delighted to announce today that renowned soprano Jennifer Rowley will headline the company's Southern Soiree Gala on May 4 at The Stonegate Mansion, as part of the 2019 Fort Worth Opera Festival. Praised by The New York Times as "a singer of enormous gift and promise," a "force ... (more...)  The Moores School of Music Announces HANSEL AND GRETEL
by BWW News Desk - December 11, 2018 The Moores School of Music at the University of Houston presents Hansel and Gretel.... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Returns To Wortham Theater With THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2018 Houston Grand Opera opens its 64th season with The Flying Dutchman, Wagner's eerie romance about the redeeming and transformative power of a woman's love. This new production by director Tomer Zvulun, making his HGO debut, heightens the dramatic elements of the famous legend of a cursed ghost ship. ... (more...)  Ars Lyrica Houston Produces its First Full-Length Baroque Opera AGRIPPINA
by BWW News Desk - October 09, 2018 Ars Lyrica Houston presents its first full-length Baroque opera production on Friday, November 16 at 7:30 pm & Sunday, November 18 at 2:30 pm in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. The cast for Ars Lyrica's production of this early Handel masterpiece includes: Sofia Selowsky as ... (more...)  Ars Lyrica Houston Opens 'Out of the Box' Season with RE-GIFTING WITH ROYALTY
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2018 Leading from the harpsichord, Artistic Director Matthew Dirst joins returning soloists Lauren Snouffer (soprano), Colin St-Martin (Baroque flute), and Elizabeth Blumenstock(Baroque violin) and the Ars Lyrica ensemble for 'Re-gifting with Royalty'... (more...) Houston Grand's Perryn Leech Named One Of Houston's Admired Business Leaders
by BWW News Desk - July 27, 2018 Houston Grand Opera's (HGO) managing director, Perryn Leech, has been named one of Houston's most admired business leaders in the nonprofit category by the Houston Business Journal, (HBJ). A panel of judges chose 35 for-profit leaders and 13 non-profit leaders to receive this new inaugural award. Th... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Closes Extraordinary 2017-18 Season With Hurricane Losses Offset By Major Philanthropic Support
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2018 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announced at its annual meeting today that its 2017-18 season, dramatically relocated after Hurricane Harvey, closed on a strong financial footing despite nearly $15 million of losses due to the storm and related costs. Lower sales income than in previous seasons was signif... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Appoints Eun Sun Kim Principal Guest Conductor
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2018 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has appointed Eun Sun Kim as principal guest conductor starting in the 2019-20 season. She will be the first person to hold this position since 1993, when Vjekoslav Sutej completed two seasons in the role. Ms. Kim will conduct at least one opera per season, beginning with R... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera To Celebrate Return To Wortham Theater Center With HGO And Plácido
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2018 When Houston Grand Opera (HGO) opened its first season in Houston's new opera house at the Wortham Theater Center in 1987, world-renowned tenor Placido Domingo starred in Verdi's Aida. Now, just over 30 years later, Domingo will again take the Wortham stage on September 26 for HGO and Placido-Coming... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Announces New Opera Web Series STAR-CROSS'D
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2018 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) invites audiences to explore 21st-century opera viewing with Star Cross'd, a new streaming series of short opera films based on true personal experiences with Romeo and Juliet themes.... (more...)  BWW Interview: BARBER OF SEVILLE Star Eric Owens Talks Pressure, Comedy, and Proper Booing Technique
by Katricia Lang - February 06, 2018 Eric Owens and I discuss stand-up comedy, Star Wars, and how Europeans boo an opera production without booing the performers. And, on occasion, we discuss his reasons for being in Houston: To perform the lead role in Houston Grand Opera's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE as well as guest judge for the company'... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Announces CONCERT OF ARIAS 2018 Winners
by BWW News Desk - February 02, 2018 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announced today the winners of the 30th annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers that took place at Stude Concert Hall at Rice University. For the second time, the Concert of Arias was streamed live on Facebook, as well as on YouTube for the first time. The liv... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Presents WEST SIDE STORY, NORMA, and More This Spring
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2018 Houston Grand Opera presents Bernstein's West Side Story (April 20 - May 6), Bellini's Norma (April 27 - May 11), and return of Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (May 17, 19, 20) at HGO Resilience Theater World's first mariachi opera returns after New York triumph Houston, January 29, 2018 - Houston Grand O... (more...) Opera in the Heights Presents New Production of Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA on February 16
by BWW News Desk - January 31, 2018 Opera in the Heights (Oh!) presents a new look at Verdi's tale of regicide, Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), from February 16 - 24 at Lambert Hall.... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera's Opera To Go! Presents Free World Premiere Performances
by BWW News Desk - January 24, 2018 Houston Grand Opera's (HGO) Opera to Go! presents the world premiere of Monkey & Francine in the City of Tigers, with music by rising composer Kamala Sankaram and libretto by David Johnston, February 2 and 3, 9:30 and 11 a.m. both days, at Heinen Theater, 3517 Austin St., Houston. Performance... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Will Premiere THE PHOENIX in 2018-19 Season; Full Line-Up Announced!
by BWW News Desk - January 22, 2018 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present its 2018-19 season in its creative home at Houston's Wortham Theater Center after a year of displacement due to damage to the building from Hurricane Harvey. The 64th season will open October 19, 2018, with HGO's first performances in 20 years of Wagner's roman... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2018 Semifinalists
by BWW News Desk - January 19, 2018 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has chosen the semifinalists for the 30th annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers Concert of Arias, to be presented in the Stude Concert Hall at Rice University on February 1, at 7 p.m. A limited number of general admission tickets for the performance are avai... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera Celebrates FIGARO At Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. Happy Hour
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2018 Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. and Houston Grand Opera (HGO) reunite for a happy hour to celebrate the opening of Rossini's The Barber of Seville on Jan. 26 and Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, FIIIGAAARO beer (Figaro for short). This beer was originally brewed in collaboration with HGO to celebrate the op... (more...)  Ars Lyrica Houston presents ESTHER & JONAH
by BWW News Desk - January 08, 2018 Ars Lyrica Houston presents the fourth concert of the 2017/2018 Artful Women season with Esther & Jonah in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center on Friday, February 16 at 7:30pm. Produced in collaboration with Bach Society Houston as part of the 2018 Houston Early Music Festival, this program comprises tw... (more...) Houston Grand Opera Presents First ELEKTRA In 25 Years
by BWW News Desk - January 05, 2018 Houston Grand Opera ( HGO ) presents Richard Strauss's chilling one - act drama, Elektra, January 19 February 2, the first HGO performances in 25 years. The Sir David McVicar production stars internationally acclaimed soprano Christine Goerke, who owns the title role as one of the most fea... (more...)  Guest Blog: Paul Hopper on THE HOUSE WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE - The Path to a World Premiere
by Guest Blogger: Paul Hopper - November 30, 2017 All new operas start somewhere, and the journey to Houston Grand Opera's latest commission from composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Royce Vavrek, The House without a Christmas Tree, started nearly 40 years ago in rural Indiana.... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera to Celebrate AN EVENING IN OLD HOLLYWOOD with Annual Ball and After Party
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2017 Houston Grand Opera's annual white-tie fundraiser, this year chaired by Drs. Liz Grimm and Jack Roth, returnsApril 14 with the 2018 Opera Ball, An Evening in Old Hollywood featuring a special guest appearance by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer David Lee Roth, who will perform a rare, private mini-set o... (more...)  Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE Extends at Opera in the Heights
by BWW News Desk - November 10, 2017 Opera in the Heights (Oh!) increases the number of performances from four to six for its 2017-18 Season opener, Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberfl te), November 10-19, at Lambert Hall.... (more...) Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE Extends at Opera in the Heights
by BWW News Desk - November 02, 2017 Opera in the Heights (Oh!) increases the number of performances from four to six for its 2017-18 Season opener, Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberfl te), November 10-19, at Lambert Hall.... (more...)  Houston Grand Opera to Present GLORY DENIED at 1940 Air Terminal Museum Hangar
by BWW News Desk - October 27, 2017 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present Glory Denied, the story of an American family during the turbulent Vietnam War era, on Monday, November 6 and Thursday, November 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum Hangar at Hobby Airport.... (more...) |
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