Houston’s Opera Season
…is almost here! Read my notes about HGO’s annual Studio Showcase and what it tells us to expect from the season at Houstonia Magazine.
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Fear in Future Past
Read my review of Houston Grand Opera’s Siegfried at Bachtrack .
Weekend Music: Rusalka and Schumann
I readily admit I was a big fan of the Little Mermaid when I was young–not just the Disney film but the darker, unhappier fairytale versions too. Houston Grand Opera’s Rusalka brought the fairytale happily into my adulthood on Friday. Saturday… Continue Reading
“HGO wastes a Figaro”
…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.
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.