A Conversation with the Conductor
Opera in the Heights begins its 20th anniversary season with a new conductor. Read my conversation with Eiki Isomura at Houstonia Magazine.
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Status Report on Opera in the Heights
A year in review: Read my report on the (soap) Opera in the Heights at Houstonia Magazine.
Relish the Clemency in OH’s La Clemenza
“I must win the loyalty of my people through love,” sings the beneficent Tito in Act Two of Mozart’s rarely performed opera La Clemenza di Tito. Opera in the Heights bravely took on this neglected late opera and performed… Continue Reading
Goodbye Enrique
In a press release yesterday Opera in the Heights announced Eiki Isomura would be taking over as interim conductor effective immediately, replacing Enrique Carreón-Robledo. It’s surprising news, to say the least, given the accolades that Carreón-Robledo has received as OH’s artistic director.… Continue Reading
Christmas Lists
HGO premieres A Christmas Carol with music by Iain Bell and libretto by Simon Callow. It is the worst kind of bad–a boring bad. Read my review at Houstonia Magazine. In happier holiday news, read my Top 5 classical and… Continue Reading
OH’s Hänsel and Gretel will Knock Your Socks Off
Just because a story is about children doesn’t mean it’s only for kids. Opera in the Heights’ production of the Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 Hänsel and Gretel (with libretto aptly written by his sister, Adelheid Wette) is a marvel. With singing… Continue Reading
Rigoletto at Opera in the Heights
Opera in the Heights opens its 2014-2015 season with a popular classic that Houston Grand Opera did just last year. Read my review at Houstonia.
OH Preview: A New Executive Director and Lucia di Lammermoor
Some might say that opera is a dying art, but when Stephanie Helms thinks of Opera in the Heights, she sees a young, uncommon life form. As OH’s new executive director, Helms intends to engage the community more than… Continue Reading
“You’re special, baby”: 1960s Don Giovanni at Opera in the Heights
What does Mozart’s 1787 Don Giovanni look like in 1960? Sure, a lot of opera productions don’t stick to the period in which an opera was actually written. But Opera in the Heights’ Don Giovanni embraces 1960 from the… Continue Reading
Half Plus Seven: Opera in the Heights’ Don Pasquale
Harrison Ford and Michael Douglass did the math—half your age plus seven. Don Pasquale didn’t, and that’s why this opera is so much fun. Opening this Friday, November 15, Opera in the Heights will delve into this ancient trend with… Continue Reading