Amelia Earhart at Moores

Music engineering: An emotional meltdown gives flight to Daron Hagen's Amelia opera Music engineering: An emotional meltdown gives flight to Daron Hagen's Amelia opera By Joel Luks

1.27.12  |  11:16 am

When composer Daron Aric Hagen arrived at University of Houston's Moores School of Music, it wasn't just to ...

Cougar Pride

Top national prize honors UH Moores Opera Center production and deceased composer Daniel Catán Top national prize honors UH Moores Opera Center production and deceased composer Daniel Catán By Joel Luks

12.27.11  |  2:16 pm

The University of Houston Moores Opera Center's production of Il Postino by acclaimed Mexican composer Daniel Catán received ...

An Opera Vista Dream

Grab your stripper poles! Bringing opera to a nightclub, skimpy outfits included Grab your stripper poles! Bringing opera to a nightclub, skimpy outfits included By Joel Luks

5.12.11  |  10:31 am

A stripper pole may not be the quintessential opera prop. But then again, Opera Vista isn't your granny's ...

PIck Five (Plus)

Your weekly guide to Houston: Nude theater, an Opera Marriage, a Killer Joe & Simon ... Your weekly guide to Houston: Nude theater, an Opera Marriage, a Killer Joe & Simon Fashion Now By Joel Luks

4.14.11  |  11:02 am

Is Mozart in the air? Perhaps, though it's mostly accidental, but nonetheless fabulous. What begun with a phenomenal and ...

UH Moores Center Dedication

Renowned opera composer Daniel Catán dies, leaving a Houston void Renowned opera composer Daniel Catán dies, leaving a Houston void By Joel Luks

4.11.11  |  11:20 am

Mexican composer Daniel Catán — an influential and beloved figure in the Houston opera world — died Friday in Austin. No ...

Big Opera Deal

Mexican composer Daniel Catán thrives on Houston: Moores Opera Center presents Il Postino Mexican composer Daniel Catán thrives on Houston: Moores Opera Center presents Il Postino By Joel Luks

4.7.11  |  3:38 pm

Mexican and Los Angeles-based composer Daniel Catán feels musically quite at home in Houston and in many ways, owes ...

Pick Five (Plus)

Your Weekly Guide to Houston: A slice of dance heaven, bash on the bayou ... Your Weekly Guide to Houston: A slice of dance heaven, bash on the bayou and a rocking ROCO concert By Joel Luks

4.5.11  |  3:45 pm

Survived the weekend?  I barely made it through the week. In between talks of basketball, golf, outdoor festivals and trailer ...

Who will win?

The Final Four: Opera Vista Festival compositions are sexy, funny, legal & gay(er) The Final Four: Opera Vista Festival compositions are sexy, funny, legal & gay(er) By Joel Luks

3.18.11  |  1:07 pm

Pretty music makes us like a character. Ugly music has the opposite effect. Think Smurfs and Gargamel.  This attitude was ...

Mar 19 8:00 PM

2011 Opera Vista Festival

The fourth annual Vista Competition for New Opera showcases new contemporary opera and is an American-Idol-style competition for new works by composers from around the world.  In November, six semi-finalists ...

Art and About

3D glasses for the opera: Moores puts the Stars Wars into Magic Flute 3D glasses for the opera: Moores puts the Stars Wars into Magic Flute By Joel Luks

1.27.11  |  10:43 am

What would you get if Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Avatar, The Matrix and opera were to mingle? Definitely ...