The New York Times: “One of the nation’s best ballet companies!”
by Freya Pruitt
Houston Grand Opera is one of the most renowned international opera companies in America. Hosting major opera stars such as: Placido Domingo, Renee Flemming, Jose’ Carres, Lenontyne Price, Maryilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland, Thomas Allen and Stig Anderson, Houston Grand Opera has gifted its home town of Houston with a truly “grand” opera company. Known for its extraordinary productions, brilliant performances and magnificent production team, Houston Grand Opera has taken its rightly place in world history along-side The Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna Staats Oper, La Scala, and The San Francisco Opera Company. Houston Grand Opera has enthralled audiences for over 60 years and is introducing one of its most innovative programs for 20 Houston Grand Opera is one of the most renowned international opera companies in America. Hosting major opera stars such as: Placido Domingo, Renee Flemming, Jose’ Carres, Lenontyne Price, Maryilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland, Thomas Allen and Stig Anderson, Houston Grand Opera has gifted its home town of Houston with a truly “grand” opera company.
Known for its extraordinary productions, brilliant performances and magnificent production team, Houston Grand Opera has taken its rightly place in world history along-side The Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna Staats Oper, La Scala, and The San Francisco Opera Company. Houston Grand Opera has enthralled audiences for over 60 years and is led by the brilliant and talented artistic and musical director Patrick Summers. Under his lead, HGO has become one of the most revered opera companies in the world! Music is the universal language of the soul and nothing touches the soul quite like the magic of opera! There is no way to describe the mystery of a coloratura soprano hitting an “F” above high “C” in The Houston Ballet Queen of the Night; or a tenor reaching into the depth of your soul with the heart-wrenching pain of Plaliacci… or a mezzo soprano wooing your mind into a state of intoxication with the seductive voice of Carmen! For avid opera goers, most are no strangers to to packing a sack lunch to experience Wagner’s Ring Cycle, or bringing a box of Kleenex to Madame Butterfly or jumping out of their seats in awe for Tosca as she stabs her lover! Opera IS drama and for those who have not experienced it, they simply have not experienced life!
TTW is proud to present our fine arts series of great American classical company’s in the hope of encouraging America to support the artistic gift of a great voice- a great string player- a great pianist or symphony. Since its inception in 1955, HGO has grown from a small regional company into an internationally renowned company winning two Grammy’s, two Emmy’s and the coveted Tony Award: Making it the ONLY opera company in history to win these three awards! I was raised with some of the greatest opera singers and impresarios in the world and understand the huge amount of talent and dedication required to create and sustain a world-class opera company such as HGO. I watched my mother, dramatic soprano, Luba Tcheresky wow audiences for years as she went on to release her first CD in 2003; which won rave reviews in Opera News along-side Pavarotti. I experienced the magic of opera first hand and now invite you to experience the magic of opera at its finest!
For ticket information:
www.houstongrandopera.org
713-228-6737
