Giacomo Puccini’s penultimate opera, Il trittico (“The triptych”) premiered at the prestigious New York City’s Metropolitan Opera after the successful opening at that company of his Girl of…
Read more Il Trittico: Puccini’s Masterful Triptych – Houston PressMost people with even a hint of knowledge about opera, know Giacomo Puccini wrote the music to his masterpieces La Boheme, Madame Butterfly and Tosca. As for his…
Read more Il Trittico: A Trio of Puccini’s Works in One Night at the Opera – Houston PressWhen George Gershwin died in Hollywood in 1937 at the age of 38 from a misdiagnosed brain tumor, his friend and colleague Irvin Berlin paid him a heartfelt…
Read more HGO’s Porgy and Bess Has Much to Love – Houston PressMichael Sumuel was a high school freshman competing in the all-state auditions when his voice broke. “I was auditioning as a Tenor II. There was some descending line…
Read more Porgy and Bess Returns to HGO After 50 Years – Houston PressAs the curtain rises, we see a grey wall with graffiti on it. An ominous drum beat sounds and if we needed any more foreshadowing that this story…
Read more HGO Offers a Striking New Production of Verdi’s Il TrovatoreEven before the curtain went up on its stunning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, Houston Grand Opera had a smash on its hands. General…
Read more The Hills Are Alive at the Wortham With HGO’s The Sound of MusicGrammy Award-winning opera mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard has never “officially” yodeled before but she’ll be doing a bit of that on the Wortham stage starting Friday as she plays the…
Read more Houston Grand Opera’s The Sound of Music Begins This Weekend. Yodelayheehoo!There are so many ways to play the title character in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni knows this firsthand because he’s been in 120 performances spread over 13…
Read more Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Houston Grand Opera: The Story of a Serial Seducer on an Epic ScaleFor its 76th world premiere – a feat that rivals if not betters Milan’s legendary La Scala for world premiere operas – Houston Grand Opera unveils for Lunar…
Read more A Night at the (Chinese) Opera; For Kids, No Less
