Moving Day
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Author: Sydney Boyd
HGO’s Norma
It was a good night for women everywhere. Read my review at Houstonia Magazine.
HGO’s West Side Story
Some fantastic dancing and singing on Friday night at Houston Grand Opera, though not often at the same time. Read my review at Houstonia Magazine.
Cunningham, Cage, and Johns at the Menil
It’s one of the events happening in Houston that I am most excited about for 2018. Read my preview at Houstonia Magazine.
Nota Bene
As the spring semester hurtles onward after the break, take refuge in many heartening concerts this weekend. Tomorrow evening, the storied saxophonist and artist Dickie Landry will regale anyone lucky enough to grab a seat in the Menil Collection’s Byzantine… Continue Reading
ATLAS
Ever since getting my hands on a very bad video of its world premiere here in Houston in 1991, I have dreamed of seeing Meredith Monk’s opera ATLAS for myself. Imagine my joy, then, when I saw that the LA… Continue Reading
Journey through the Mist
An hour before I heard Fabien Gabel captain the Houston Symphony through a (long) program ranging from Corigliano’s raw Conjurer Concerto to Ravel’s sumptuous Daphnis and Chloé, I was sunk into my seat listening to pianist Hannah Che, a former writing student… Continue Reading
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
Nothing comes of pining for what could have been, but that’s where I found myself on Friday night at Houston Grand Opera’s Elektra. With reigning soprano Christine Goerke in the title role, I couldn’t help myself. Read my review at Houstonia.
Sustaining Kinetic
At Houstonia Magazine, I talk to the ensemble’s founder Natalie Lin about what it’s taken for the new music group to survive and flourish in Houston for three seasons. You can hear Kinetic’s “Inner Voices” concert on Sunday at MATCH.