Handel's run-around romantic comedy XERXES is at Houston Grand Opera from April 30 to May 14, 2010 www.HoustonGrandOpera.org/Xerxes One of Handels most popular operas, Xerxes is a feast for the ears, and the eyes in this classic eighteenth-century production. A mad entanglement of love stories, the opera follows the tyrannical and flamboyant Xerxes…

Tchaikovsky's madness-inducing THE QUEEN OF SPADES is at Houston Grand Opera from April 16 to May 1, 2010 www.HoustonGrandOpera.org/QueenofSpades One mans obsession with a lucky card trick turns the fates of three in Tchaikovskys vibrant melodrama. Russian tenor Vladimir Galouzine returns to HGO as the tormented Hermann, internationally renowned so…

Britten's haunted opera The TURN OF THE SCREW is at Houston Grand Opera from Jan 29 to Feb 13, 2010 www.HoustonGrandOpera.org/TurnOfTheScrew In this operatic thriller two children are pulled toward the world of the dead by the ghosts of their prior governess Miss Jessel and her lover Peter Quint. Internationally acclaimed soprano Amanda Roocroft pl…

Puccini's diva drama, TOSCA is at Houston Grand Opera from Jan 22 to Feb 7, 2010 www.HoustonGrandOpera.org/Tosca Renowned soprano Patricia Racette makes her role debut as the passionate Floria Tosca in Puccinis timeless drama. Tenor Marcus Haddock is the painter Mario Cavaradossi, whom Tosca adores and Raymond Aceto sings the menacing Baron Scarpia…

Wagner's mythical LOHENGRIN is at Houston Grand Opera from Oct 30 to Nov 15, 2009 www.HoustonGrandOpera.org/Lohengrin One secret protects one great love in Wagners mystical romantic opera. Celebrated Wagnerian tenor Simon O'Neill makes his Houston Grand Opera debut as the knight Lohengrin, whose pure love is threatened by common human greed. Canadi…

Donizetti's sweet love story, THE ELIXIR OF LOVE is at Houston Grand Opera from Oct 23 to Nov 7, 2009 www.HoustonGrandOpera.org/ElixirofLove This sparkling folktale is one of Donizettis most popular operas. Lovesick Nemorino falls madly in love with the young landowner Adina knowing well that she is out of his league. Luckily, the scheming Dr. Dulc…

January 23 - February 6, 2009 Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center Purchase Tickets Online at www.HoustonGrandOpera.org The course of true love never did run smooth... The king and queen of the fairies are feuding, two mortal couples break up and make up thanks (or no thanks!) to the juice of a magic flower, and the Duke of Athens is getting ready…

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October 30 - November 14, 2008 Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center Purchase Tickets Online at www.HoustonGrandOpera.org Beatrice and Benedict trade insults for sweet nothings, while Claudio and Hero fall in love, out of love, and back in love again. Berlioz's operatic comedy, based on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, opens October 30. Starri…

October 17 - November 1, 2008 Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center Purchase Tickets Online at www.HoustonGrandOpera.org Betrayal, jealousy and revenge—the perfect partners for an evening of irresistible theater. A powerhouse cast takes charge: Brandon Jovanovich makes his HGO debut as Cavalleria’s caddish Turiddù, with Dolora Zajick in her signatu…

April 11 - May 3 Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center Purchase Tickets Online at www.HoustonGrandOpera.org Love and heartbreak meet on the Left Bank of Paris, as four young bohemians test the boundaries of friendship and art. Ana María Martínez ("a lovely singer [and] a beautiful musician." - Newsday) and Garrett Sorenson ("[who] inhabited Alfredo…

January 18 - February 2, 2008 Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center www.HoustonGrandOpera.org Two lovely young women are held hostage on the Orient Express and endure both the advances of their captors and an elaborate rescue by their fiancés that goes off the rails. Tamara Wilson and Tucker Foundation Award winner Paul Groves join with Andrea Silv…

Theofanidis/Lax: The Refuge - WORLD PREMIERE! November 10, 2007 at Wortham Theater Center 2 PM - Sold Out 7:30 PM Purchase Tickets Online at www.HoustonGrandOpera.org Don't miss the world premiere of an exciting new work, which tells stories from Houston's African, Central American, Indian, Mexican, Pakistani, Soviet-era Jewish and Vietnamese immig…