Houston Grand Opera's 'Silent Night' and 'Hansel & Gretel' as well as 'The Bluest Eye' at the Alley Theatre are also ...

A movie was made of this in 2005, in turn inspiring the 2011 opera by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campcell which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now Houston Grand Opera will ...

HOUSTON – Houston Grand Opera is getting international recognition once again! The company announced Thursday it has been named a finalist for Opera Company of the Year at the prestigious ...

Inspired by the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, Silent Night is set during the real-life Christmas truce of 1914, during World War I. Its trilingual libretto introduces us to a diverse group of characters ...

Produced last Thursday and Friday at the Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater, Houston Grand Opera’s hour-long chamber opera sent a timely and slightly disquieting message: music may indeed move mountains, ...

The Houston Grand Opera opened its 2025-26 Friday season with George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" in a performance that showcased an array of star-quality soloists, a superb chorus, and a gritty ...

In a year light on local Grammy nominees, Houston Grand Opera is hitting another high note with a pair of nominations. The world renowned company is attached to Blanton Alspaugh's nomination for ...

The program commemorates the 50th anniversary of HGO’s landmark 1976 Porgy and Bess production, which restored the opera to the Gershwins’ original vision and earned both a Tony Award and a Grammy.

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Houston Life’s Melanie Camp goes behind the scenes at Houston Grand Opera as the company prepares to open its new season with Porgy and Bess! 🎶 From the first notes in rehearsal to the final touches ...

Houston stages celebrate the New Year with a musical bang, as big Broadway shows and sublime opera ring us into 2026. This month also takes a literary turn with plays and musicals inspired by great ...

Opera lovers in the audience for the Houston Grand Opera’s magnificent season opening production of Porgy and Bess didn’t know it, but they were hearing HGO’s future. James Gaffigan, the acclaimed ...