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MOORES OPERA HOUSE

2520 Cullen Blvd.
Houston, TX 77204



Review: THAT DRIVE THRU MONTEREY at Stages Houston


by Jonathan Netek - May 17, 2026

Young Love, Love Lost and Genuine Storytelling in Stages’ Sin Muros Festival’s first fully developed production....

Review: DEAR ALIEN at Alley Theatre


by Brett Cullum - May 15, 2026

This is Sartre for the America of today, and the Alley Theatre kicks it off in grand style in its Neuhaus auditorium below their mainstage....

Review: WHO ALL OVER THERE at The Ensemble Theatre


by Jonathan Netek - May 09, 2026

WHO ALL OVER THERE Balances Comedy With Honest Conversations on Race and Relationships...

Review: FENCES at The Alley Theatre


by Jonathan Netek - April 23, 2026

Building Fences, Breaking Bonds: A Powerful Portrait of Family and Fallout...

Review: OTHELLO at Classical Theatre Company


by Jonathan Netek - April 17, 2026

Widely considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, and typically ranked alongside tragedies like Macbeth and Hamlet, OTHELLO explores themes of jealousy, racism, and the destructive nature of unchecked emotion. The play follows its title character, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, as he...

Review: AN IDEAL MAN at CONE MAN RUNNING


by Brett Cullum - April 14, 2026

AN IDEAL MAN is a fun spin on the source material, and it’s charming and affable in its delivery. I like the idea of the cast of DYNASTY suddenly being thrust into Oscar Wilde’s England via River Oaks....

Review: COMPANY at THE GARDEN THEATRE


by Brett Cullum - April 13, 2026

You really need a talented group of singers, and THE GARDEN THEATRE has put together a stacked cast of musical actors who have appeared in their shows over the last five years....

Review: SIX at Broadway At The Hobby Center


by Jonathan Netek - April 08, 2026

From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the 6 wives of Henry VIII take the mic and remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century HERstory. ...

Review: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Stages Houston


by Jonathan Netek - April 05, 2026

The best kind of group therapy, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Stages Houston...

Review: LEOPOLDSTADT at Main Street Theater


by Brett Cullum - April 01, 2026

Sir Tom Stoppard’s last play, LEOPOLDSTADT, is his most personal. He wrote a narrative loosely based on his own family, changed the location to Austria, and finally wrote a Jewish script. The show debuted in London in 2020 and ran on Broadway from 2022 to 2023. It garnered the Tony for best play t...

Past Shows

Cosi Fan Tutte
Cosi Fan Tutte
Apr 11 – Apr 14, 2024

Over the course of a day relationships are tested in a classic game of disguises and deception. Does anyone actually win?Music by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto...

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow
Feb 1 – Feb 4, 2024

The glamorous widow of a millionaire from Pontevedro, Hannah Glavari, is back in Paris and looking for a new love. The future of the tiny...

L'enfant/ Monsieur
L'enfant/ Monsieur
Oct 26 – Oct 29, 2023

Step into a world of French wonder and whimsy in these two one-act operas. With a libretto by the adventurous French novelist Colette, Ravel’s score...

La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Jan 29 – Jan 31, 2021

Moores Opera Center presents another live, in-person opera experience featuring Rossinis comic retelling of the Cinderella story. Cinderella gets the royal treatment. But can true...

Elizabeth Cree
Elizabeth Cree
Apr 3 – Apr 6, 2020

April 3, 4, 6 at 7:30 p.m.April 5 at 2 p.m. Music by Kevin PutsLibretto by Mark CampbellBased on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth...

The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro
Jan 23 – Jan 27, 2020

January 23, 25, 27 at 7:30 p.m.January 26 at 2 p.m.Music by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLibretto by Lorenzo Da PonteSung in the original Italian with projected...

Menotti
Menotti
Jan 24 – Jan 26, 2020

The Old Maid and the ThiefAmelia Goes to the BallJanuary 24, 26 at 7:30 p.m.Two performances only!Music and librettos by Gian Carlo MenottiSung in the...

Orpheus in the Underworld
Orpheus in the Underworld
Oct 18 – Oct 21, 2019

October 18, 19, 21 at 7:30 p.m.October 20 at 2 p.m.Music by Jacques Offenbach Original French libretto by Ludovic Halvy and Hector Crmieux English version...

Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Apr 28

The Moores School Symphony Orchestra closes the 2017 – 2018 orchestra season celebrating the music of Poland under the direction of Franz Anton Krager. This...

AURA: 'With Words'
AURA: 'With Words'
Apr 27

Rob Smith, director Alejandro Basulto Martínez, assistant director Timothy Jones, bass-baritone Blake Wilkins, composer "With Words" is a unique collaboration between AURA Contemporary Ensemble and...

Choirs: Red Carnation Concert
Choirs: Red Carnation Concert
Apr 23

The Moores School of Music’s annual Red Carnation Concert, conducted by Charles Hausmann and Jeb Mueller, concludes the UH Choirs’ semester. Please join our men’s...

Percussion Ensemble I
Percussion Ensemble I
Apr 20

Friday, April 20, 2018 7:30 pm - 9 pm Under the direction of Dr. Blake Wilkins, the Moores School Percussion Ensemble I presents an exciting...

Ballet Orchestra
Ballet Orchestra
Apr 13

Join artists from the Houston Ballet II/Houston Ballet Academy program, with Artistic Director Stanton Welch, as they collaborate with the Moores School of Music’s Ballet...

The Italian Girl in Algiers
The Italian Girl in Algiers
Apr 6 – Apr 9, 2018

Music by Gioacchino Rossini Sung in the original Italian with English titles projected over the stage When you are shipwrecked far from home and taken...

Videos


The Stable Genius in Houston The Stable Genius
Midtown Arts and Theater Center (5/21-5/31) VIDEOS
Viva Selena! in Houston Viva Selena!
Stages Houston (5/15-5/18)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Houston Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
A.D. Players at the George Theater (6/24-8/02)
Liverpool Legends "The Complete Beatles Experience!" in Houston Liverpool Legends "The Complete Beatles Experience!"
Stafford Centre (6/04-6/04)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS in Houston LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Art Factory (6/05-6/14)
A Streetcar Named Desire in Houston A Streetcar Named Desire
Pearl Theatre (7/17-7/20)
Buena Vista Social Club in Houston Buena Vista Social Club
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (11/17-11/22)
Sense & Sensibility in Houston Sense & Sensibility
Theatre Southwest (5/29-6/13)
Breaking Bread: A Conversation hosted by Chris Shepherd: A Michelin Roundtable with Felipe Riccio, Emmanuel Chavez and Mayank Istwal in Houston Breaking Bread: A Conversation hosted by Chris Shepherd: A Michelin Roundtable with Felipe Riccio, Emmanuel Chavez and Mayank Istwal
The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/05-6/05)
Hardy in Houston Hardy
WhiteWater Amphitheater (11/21-11/21)