Houston Grand Opera presents La boheme

Miller Outdoor Theatre

05.17.13 - 05.18.13

Impetuous love, the romance of Paris and the pain of regret unfold in one of the world's greatest love stories. Poet Rodolfo, played by Scott Quinn, and Mimì, played by Natalya Romaniw,

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Making opera popular: Opera in the Heights gets wicked thanks to a hot maestro makeover

By Joel Luks

03.27.13 | 12:16 pm

When Opera in the the Heights needed a makeover, incoming maestro Enrique Carreón-Robledo simply had to take over. He taught the energetic company the proper poise needed to talk to boys, wh ...

Houston Grand Opera presents La bohème

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

05.24.13

An impetuous love, the romance of Paris and the pain of regret all unfold in La bohème, one of the greatest love stories of all time. La bohème is the story of Rodolfo and Mimi who me

Houston Grand Opera presents The Memory Stone

Hermann Park

04.12.13 - 04.13.13

As part of HGOco's Song of Houston: East + West initiative, Houston Grand Opera presents The Memory Stone, composed by Marty Regan to a libretto by Kenny Fries. chamber opera takes place after

Houston Grand Opera presents The Memory Stone

Asia Society Texas Center

04.09.13 - 04.11.13

As part of HGOco's Song of Houston: East + West initiative, Houston Grand Opera presents The Memory Stone, composed by Marty Regan to a libretto by Kenny Fries. chamber opera takes place after

Houston Grand Opera Ball 2013 "La Belle Époque"

Wortham Theater Center

04.13.13

"La Belle Époque: Opera Ball 2013" is an evening of celebration, luxury and elegance in the Wortham Theater Center. Guests will enjoy French haute cuisine inspired by Belle É

Divergence Vocal Theater presents a CD Release Concert: Selkie, a sea tale

03.29.13 - 03.30.13

Join Misha Penton and Divergence Vocal Theater for a staged concert in celebration of the CD release and music video premiere of Selkie, a sea tale, a love story of fragile, ephemeral hal

From the Budapest Opera to Auschwitz

Tales from the trenches: Holocaust survivor curates Houston concert to honor the living & the lost

By Joel Luks

03.02.13 | 2:00 pm

"Sing, Jew! Sing!" The horrors of life in four concentration camps during World War II are permanently imprinted in the life's purpose of Al Marks, then a teenager. Amid ...

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What is insanity? Symphony's Wozzeck tackles deep issues — here's how to tackle the music

By Anthony K. Brandt

03.01.13 | 12:34 pm

Editor's note: As the Houston Symphony stages a concert version of Alban Berg's epic opera Wozzeck Friday and Saturday, Shepherd School of Music composition faculty member Anthony ...

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Hans Graf's labor of love: Retiring Houston Symphony maestro dares to be bold with epic Wozzeck

By Joel Luks

02.28.13 | 11:31 am

Wozzeck. Gesundheit. Such is the ongoing quip among young musicians who first encounter the mammoth score by Alban Berg, an opera that's forever imprinted in the history and theory cur ...