Star soprano and HGO Butler Studio alumna Tamara Wilson leads the cast as Floria Tosca in anticipated role debut What: On April 21, 2023, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) opens its spring repertoire with Puccini’s Tosca, one of the world’s most beloved—and performed—operas. This riveting production is led by soprano Tamara Wilson, a Butler Studio alumna who is now one of the most recognizable voices in opera, in her role debut as the diva Tosca—a destination achievement for the world’s great sopranos. […]
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Houston Grand Opera Announces 2023 Concert of Arias Winners
Four Singers Awarded Top Honors of 35th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition Evening closes with announcement of a new $22 million fund within the HGO Endowment; renaming of HGO Studio to Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce the winners for this year’s Concert of Arias, the 35th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, held this evening at the Wortham Theater Center and livestreamed for audiences at home. The […]
Houston Grand Opera Announces New $22 Million Fund within the HGO Endowment
Sarah and Ernest Butler make the largest gift in HGO’s 68-year history HGO Studio is renamed Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio At tonight’s annual Concert of Arias, the 35th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, Houston Grand Opera announced that Sarah and Ernest Butler have created a new fund within the HGO Endowment valued at $22 million, the largest philanthropic investment in the 68-year history of the organization. The company also […]
HGO Joins Forces with Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, the Houston Ebony Opera Guild, Prairie View A&M University, and Texas Southern University for the Fourth Annual Giving Voice
Celebration of Black artists in opera and Black History Month to take place at historic Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church On Friday, February 24, 2023, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will stage the fourth annual Giving Voice concert in partnership with Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, the Houston Ebony Opera Guild, Prairie View A&M University, and Texas Southern University. The fourth annual concert will be presented outside the Wortham Theater Center for the first time, at the new Cathedral of the historic Wheeler […]
Houston Grand Opera Announces 2023 Concert of Arias Finalists
Following an international search, the organization selects eight artists to compete in the annual event with cash prizes on the line and the opportunity to audition for the coveted young artist program The competition will be livestreamed for at-home audiences, in addition to the live event and dinner Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is proud to announce the eight finalists for this year’s Concert of Arias, the 35th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, to be […]
HGO to Explore the Invisible World of Homelessness in World-Premiere Opera Another City
Company to stage the immersive, site-specific production, which shares stories of unhoused Houstonians, at Ecclesia Houston from March 9 through 11, 2023 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will stage its 74th world-premiere opera, Another City, on March 9, 10, and 11, with performances at the downtown campus of Ecclesia Houston. Created through extensive first-hand research by composer Jeremy Howard Beck and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann, Another City asks audiences to bear witness to the unheard and misunderstood experiences of unhoused Houstonians, as the opera presents […]
Houston Grand Opera Presents Sensory-Friendly Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers in Partnership with the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC
Saturday, February 4 Fun-filled, family-friendly opera performance free to the public with reservation Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will present a sensory-friendly performance of Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers, part of its Opera to Go! series specifically designed to create a welcoming and supportive environment for families with members on the autism spectrum and other sensory sensitivities, at the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC on Saturday, February 4. The event is free and open to the public. […]
Houston Grand Opera Brings Back Massenet’s Werther for First Staging in More Than Four Decades
A series of important HGO debuts headline the stunning, rarely seen opera On January 27, 2023, Houston Grand Opera continues its remarkable winter repertoire with Massenet’s seldomly seen masterpiece, Werther. Premiered in 1892 and based on Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, the tragic opera about unrequited love returns to HGO for the first time since 1979 with this production from French director Benoît Jacquot, making his HGO debut. The elegant, Romantic-era opera turns the emotional urgency of Goethe’s novel into a musical […]
Houston Grand Opera Opens Winter Repertoire with Vibrant Production of The Marriage of Figaro
Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage’s production of the classic Mozart opera showcases ’60s-inspired setting On January 13, 2023, Houston Grand Opera kicks off its winter repertoire with Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage’s vibrant production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, which re-sets the class-conscious comedy in late ’60s Francoist Spain. Full of bright colors and costumes evoking the Moroccan influence on the country, this updated production, first staged by HGO in 2016, synthesizes transcendent music and lively performances […]
Houston Grand Opera Opens Winter Repertoire with Vibrant Production of The Marriage of Figaro
Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage’s production of the classic Mozart opera showcases ’60s-inspired setting On January 13, 2023, Houston Grand Opera kicks off its winter repertoire with Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage’s vibrant production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, which re-sets the class-conscious comedy in late ’60s Francoist Spain. Full of bright colors and costumes evoking the Moroccan influence on the country, this updated production, first staged by HGO in 2016, synthesizes transcendent music and lively […]