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Houston Grand Opera's production of the Stephen Sondheim classic captures the musical's humor, but misses the menace.
04/27/2015 By Sydney Boyd
picks
Featuring Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Wilco and Sweeney Todd.
04/22/2015 By Michael Hardy
Compared to last year's bombastic Rheingold, the Fura dels Baus Walküre plays up the composer's sensitive side.
04/20/2015 By Sydney Boyd
Slideshow
Houstonians traveled to España to celebrate the Houston Grand Opera.
04/16/2015
Featuring the CounterCurrent Festival, Die Walküre, and Branford Marsalis
04/15/2015 By Michael Hardy
The Houston Grand Opera’s young professionals group gave a standing ovation to six dedicated honorees.
04/13/2015
Opera
Dying to see Houston Grand Opera’s Die Walküre but missed Rheingold? No worries.
03/30/2015 Photography by Michael Hardy
investigation
Gossip, accusations, conspiracy theories, a high mortality rate. Is this opera or real life?
02/12/2015 By Sydney Boyd
Houston tenor David Portillo shines as Tamino, but production and conducting are lackluster.
02/02/2015 By Sydney Boyd
The Super Bowl isn't the only game in town this weekend.
01/28/2015 By Michael Hardy
The Puerto Rican soprano returns to Houston Grand Opera in Puccini's beloved masterpiece.
01/26/2015 By Sydney Boyd
Featuring the Harlem Globetrotters, the Come and Take It Comedy Takeover, and Madame Butterfly
01/21/2015 By Michael Hardy
promotion
The deal is for first-time operagoers only.
01/20/2015 By Michael Hardy
Here's what we're looking forward to in the new year.
12/23/2014 By Michael Hardy
Where does Houston's regional opera company go from here?
12/19/2014 By Michael Hardy
This opera made us want to go "Bah! Humbug!"
12/08/2014 By Sydney Boyd
Best of 2014
From Wagner to Verdi to Humperdinck, it was a very good year indeed.
12/04/2014 By Sydney Boyd
deals
Want a $50 season subscription? $10 ballet tickets? You're in luck—if you have a student ID, of course.
11/06/2014 By Michael Hardy
Classic Mozart opera buffa features fine ensemble singing but lacks brio.
11/04/2014 By Sydney Boyd
Verdi's classic opera brought to thunderous life in a bravura production
10/27/2014 By Sydney Boyd
