Experience this Houston holiday favorite with great deals from HGO
Tickets to Houston Grand Opera’s heartwarming, family-friendly mariachi opera, El Milagro del Recuerdo/The Miracle of Remembering are in high demand and currently available, starting at $30 per ticket. The HGO holiday production opens Thursday, December 8 and runs through Sunday, December 18, and allows Houston audiences a special opportunity to see a full-scale opera at these attractive price points. El Milagro del Recuerdo tickets are on sale now at HGO.org or by calling the Box Office at 713-228-6737.
For new audiences, Houston Grand Opera also continues The NEXUS Initiative, its multiyear ticket underwriting program that allows Houstonians of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy opera without the barrier of price. Since 2007, NEXUS has enabled more than 250,000 Houstonians to experience superlative opera through discounted single tickets and subscriptions, subsidized student performances, and free productions. To inquire about the NEXUS Initiative for El Milagro del Recuerdo, contact the HGO Box Office at 713-228-6737.
Photo caption: Images from the 2019 world premiere production of El Milagro del Recuerdo. Photos by Lynn Lane.
Only the third mariachi opera ever to be written, El Milagro del Recuerdo made its celebrated world premiere in 2019 and has now become a Houston holiday tradition. Written by composer Javier Martínez and librettist Leonard Foglia, the opera is a prequel to the world’s first mariachi opera, Cruzar la Cara de la Luna/To Cross the Face of the Moon, which made its sensational debut at HGO in 2010. The operas share interconnected stories of multiple generations of a loving family caught between two worlds.
El Milagro del Recuerdo takes the family back to Christmastime in Michoacán, Mexico. Laurentino, a bracero working in the United States, has returned home to spend the holidays with his family and reunite with his wife Renata, who worries that his time away is changing him. The two face a life-changing decision: stay with family in Mexico or leave for the promise of a better life. As the characters reconnect while feeling the pull of both sides of the border, the opera explores the traditions that bind us together while celebrating family togetherness at the holidays.
Much of the original cast returns for this revival production, including beloved mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte as Renata and the members of virtuoso mariachi group Trio Chapultepec. Acclaimed bass-baritone Federico De Michelis makes his role debut as Laurentino. Beth Krynicki directs, with conductor Benjamin Manis taking the podium.
A co-production with Arizona Opera and San Diego Opera, the opera runs one hour and 18 minutes with no intermission. It is sung in Spanish with projected English translation.
Who: The cast includes Cecilia Duarte as Renata, Federico De Michelis as Laurentino, Vanessa Becerra as La Mujer, Vanessa Alonzo as Lupita, Rafael Moras as Father Matías, Miguel De Aranda as Chucho, Héctor Vásquez as Aba, and Claudia Chapa as Josefina. Vincent Pequeño, William Carlton Galvez, and Israel Alcala of Trio Chapultepec will be joined by the HGO Orchestra, conducted by Benjamin Manis.
When: Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 18 at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Wortham Theater Center, Cullen Theater, 501 Texas Ave.
Tariff: Tickets start at $30. For more information and to buy tickets, visit HGO.org or call the Box Office at 713-228-6737.