Houston Grand Opera
HGO’s West Side Story
Clutter clutter, mutter mutter
There were so many multi-colored wig-and-bald clown caps on stage Friday that I starting hearing a rhyme from my childhood: One cap, two cap, green cap, blue cap—from top to bottom Houston Grand Opera’s latest performance of Barber of Seville… Continue Reading
HGO’s Elektra
HGO’s The House Without a Christmas Tree
HGO’s Julius Caesar
Opera after a Hurricane
How do you review an opera after a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey wipes out its hall for a season? It’s not anything I ever learned in school. At Houston Grand Opera’s season opening night of La Traviata on Friday, I… Continue Reading
Mozart’s Seraglio; Frank’s Conquest
Two pieces at Houstonia Magazine this week: the first, a review of Houston Grand Opera’s Abduction from the Seraglio in which Ryan Speedo Green stole the show, and the second, an interview with Gabriela Lena Frank about the world premiere of… Continue Reading
Twilight in Houston
It’s finally here, the end of Houston Grand Opera’s epic Ring Cycle. Looking back, I have to say I’ve loved every minute of it–the wild fantasy of the production, the singers (Christine Goerke!), the fire and ice that met every… Continue Reading