opera
What’s Opera, Duck?
McGonigel's Mucky Duck 2425 Norfolk St, HoustonBe there to launch the University of Houston Moores Opera Center’s new season at the famed Mucky Duck with our popular cabaret evening of favorite arias and musical theatre songs, wryly hosted by director Buck Ross. The 2017-18 opera season will feature “The Love for Three Oranges,” “L’amico Fritz,” “The School for Scandal” and “The …
The Love for Three Oranges Opera
UH Moores Opera House 3271 Cullen Boulevard, Houston, TX, United StatesSend in the clowns! Part fairy tale, part vaudeville and part circus, this dazzling phantasmagoria of an opera will delight your ears and eyes with spectacle and high spirits. A prince is condemned to wander the earth in search of three oranges, the contents of which will make you look twice at your Minute Maid …
Deconstructing Mozart
Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera Brockman Hall For Opera, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, HoustonScenes from Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro Shepherd School Opera Department Gary Wedow, Music Director Joshua Winograde, Director of Opera Studies 🎟️ Pay-what-you-wish tickets range from free to $30 and are available here: https://music.rice.edu/events/deconstructing-mozart-scenes-cosi-fan-tutte-and-le-nozze-di-figaro 🎟️ Step into the spellbinding world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, where centuries-old works continue to mesmerize opera enthusiasts. …
Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas and Britten’s Lucretia
Morrison Theater at Brockman Hall for Opera Brockman Hall For Opera, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, HoustonA thought-provoking double bill pairs works written nearly three hundred years apart, each exploring remarkable women and timeless themes that remain all too relevant today. The journey begins with one of opera’s earliest masterpieces, Purcell’s poignant Dido and Aeneas, which recounts the tragic love story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Trojan hero Aeneas. It's …
Opera in the Heights: Lucia di Lammermoor
Opera In the Heights 1703 Heights, Houston, TX, United StatesExperience the heart-wrenching tale of passion, betrayal, and madness in Donizetti’s masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor. Torn between allegiance to her family and her love for Edgardo, Lucia is forced into another marriage with disastrous consequences. The quintessential bel canto tragedy, with some of Donizetti’s most passionate music including Lucia’s haunting “mad scene” will leave you …
Opera in the Heights: The Little Prince
Opera In the Heights 1703 Heights, Houston, TX, United StatesJourney into the enchanting world of The Little Prince, where Antoine de Saint- Exupéry’s internationally beloved children’s novella Le Petit Prince, comes to life through an English libretto by Nicholas Wright and a magical score by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman (original scores for Emma, The Cider House Rules, and Chocolat). This captivating tale of …