HGO’s The Little Prince
…should be magical. Read my preview at Houstonia here .
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Legendary Emotion
A beautiful Onegin at Houston Grand Opera this weekend, and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15, Opus 132 on the horizon at Da Camera. November looks promising. Read my Onegin review at Bachtrack and my Elias String Quartet preview at Houstonia Magazine.
A Timeless Tosca
Houston Grand Opera opens its season with a stunner. Read my review at Bachtrack.
Tosca and Onegin at HGO
Houston Grand Opera’s 2015-2016 season starts in just one week with Tosca and Eugene Onegin, and it sounds like it’s going to begin bombastically. Read my preview at Houstonia Magazine.
HGO’s Costume Gurus
Read my behind-the-scenes blog about Houston Grand Opera’s costume gurus Norma Cortez and Clair Hummel at Houstonia Magazine.
World Premiere by HGOco
I had a lovely chat with composer Gregory Spears about his new opera O Columbia, which you can read at Houstonia Magazine. His first opera–a 2009 premiere I wish I had been at–was based on Willa Cather’s short story “Paul’s Case.” As… Continue Reading
HGO’s Sweeney Todd
“Review: The Not-Demonic-Enough Barber of Fleet Street” at Houstonia Magazine.
I Need a Hero: HGO’s Die Walküre
Bonnie Tyler’s “I Need a Hero” should be a pre-requisite for anyone going to this opera. Read my review of Houston Grand Opera’s production of Die Walküre at Houstonia Magazine.
Magic Flute at HGO: Bad Conducting, Great Singing
It was the slowest Magic Flute I’d ever heard. Read my review at Houstonia Magazine.
A Soprano saves HGO’s Madame Butterfly
What would this production be without soprano Ana Maria Martinez? Read my review of Houston Grand Opera’s Madame Butterfly at Houstonia Magazine.