HOUSTON GRAND OPERA

Houston Grand Opera will present a new production of Verdi’s Il trovatore, directed by Stephen Wadsworth, opening on October 18, 2024. The opera unfolds in ...

The young siblings who are lost in the darkness of the forest encounter the sumptuous candy house of the witch who loves to eat children ...

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On Friday, FEBRUARY 19, Houston Grand Opera will present the digital world premiere of Songs for Murdered Sisters. Five years ago, Joshua Hopkins's life changed ...

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Houston Grand Opera presents the JANUARY installment of Live from The Cullen on JANUARY 8. Viewers will be transported to the Wortham Theater Center's Cullen ...

Ring in the holiday season with Houston Grand Opera! On Friday, DECEMBER 18, HGO Digital will release the HGO Studio Holiday Celebration. Tune in as ...

7:30 pm. The world premiere of composer Joel Thompson and librettist Andrea Davis Pinkney’s new opera, based on the beloved children’s book by Jack Ezra ...

Renowned mezzo-soprano and HGO Studio alumna Jamie Barton delights as Julia Child in Lee Hoiby’s one-woman opera. Based on an episode of Child’s TV program, ...

Bon Appétit! and The Impresario will be streamed back-to-back. Audiences can view this HGO Digital double bill for free for one month following its release....

Mozart’s brief opera—featuring warring divas, a show within a show, and one of the composer’s greatest overtures—gets an English-language retelling from playwright Jim Luigs, the ...

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Houston Grand Opera will present the NOVEMBER installment of Live from The Cullen on NOVEMBER 13. Viewers will be transported to the Wortham Theater Center's ...

Based on the life of Austro-American weightlifter Katie Brumbach, Katie: The Strongest of the Strong is the charming and cheeky tale of Katie's rise to ...

Attention, Best in Show fans: Get ready to laugh uproariously at this chamber opera from composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek, a hilarious ...

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Spend an evening with tomorrow’s opera stars—the wonderful young artists who, after intense competition, have been selected to train in the prestigious HGO Studio—as they ...

HGO Digital will present the Live from the Cullen Recital Series, featuring opera stars Tamara Wilson, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Reginald Smith Jr., and select HGO Studio ...

The Historic Trip that Broke 25 Years of Silence. Nixon in China, an original HGO commission and a pivotal piece of the modern opera repertoire, ...

The femme fatale is ubiquitous in literature, from the biblical Delilah to Shakespeare's Cleopatra to the smoky, dangerous beauties of the film noir era. But ...

This stunning production takes us to a mythical world of dwarfs and gods, magical helmets, and a ring that endows its wearer with ultimate power. ...

"Send in the Clowns" and elegant waltzes drive this bittersweet story-the winner of six Tony awards including best musical, book, and score. Old flames are ...

An intimate afternoon conversation triggers a searing examination of the past in this tour-de-force written for superstar Frederica von Stade. The story is rich with ...

Rigoletto, jester to the Duke of Mantua, is both reviled and respected for his razor-sharp, bitter wit. His only joy is his daughter, Gilda, whom ...

Memory can comfort, torment-even terrify-but it is always with us. As Faulkner wrote, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." The horrors of the ...

Prince Orlofsky's costume ball-the most coveted invitation of the year-drives the action of this urbane farce by Johann Strauss.Captivating serenades, a famous Hungarian csárdás, and, ...

Aida, an Ethiopian princess enslaved to Amneris, the princess of Egypt, has fallen in love with the warrior Radames. As he rides into battle, Aida ...

The opera is set in fifteenth-century Spain, a period of civil war. The present ruler, the Prince of Aragon, is battling the forces of the ...

Tristan has left his ancestral home to serve his uncle, King Marke of Cornwall, who, childless, has made him heir to the throne. Cornwall has ...

Where is home? Is it where we are born? Or where we live most of our lives? Is it with the family we leave behind ...

This story of regal cousins, Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I—rivals for the crown and the same nobleman’s love—delivers fascinating historical drama. Elizabeth has ...

Don Carlos, with intense passions and a majestic score, is the quintessential grand opera. King Phillippe II of Spain dissolves the engagement of Don Carlos, ...

Love, sacrifice and redemption: La Traviata’s dazzling heroine embodies all three in one of opera’s most beloved stories. The story of Violetta Valéry—a Parisian courtesan ...

The story of Lucretia has inspired writers from Ovid in ancient Rome and Shakespeare to Thornton Wilder; painters like like Titian, Botticelli and Raphael immortalized ...

Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, is a soaring musical testament to the ideals of courage, justice and freedom. Leonore is willing to sacrifice her own life ...

A lecherous old man is no match for young love and sheer audacity, especially when Figaro is involved. Dr. Bartolo is love with Rosina, his ...