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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Houston, TX, United States

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HoustonThe Nutcracker

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Stanton Welch; Houston Ballet; Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

HoustonThe Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert

Elfman: Film music from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Houston Symphony; Brett Mitchell

HoustonHandel: Messiah

Handel: Messiah
Houston Symphony; Jeannette Sorrell; Amanda Forsythe; Ed Lyon; Kevin Deas; Cody Bowers

HoustonYoonshin Song plays Bartók

Clyne, Bartók, Mendelssohn
Houston Symphony; Juraj Valčuha; Yoonshin Song

HoustonParsifal

Wagner: Parsifal
Eun Sun Kim; John Caird; Houston Grand Opera; Johan Engels; Houston Grand Opera Orchestra; Houston Grand Opera Chorus

HoustonTakemitsu, Brahms

Takemitsu, Brahms
Houston Symphony; Juraj Valčuha; Lauren Snouffer; Andrew Foster-Williams; Houston Symphony Chorus
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A delightful, updated Hansel and Gretel in Houston for young and old

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Houston Grand Opera's new production is fully digital combining live singing with animated backgrounds.

*****
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Brilliant Bach from Jane Glover and the Houston Symphony

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The Houston Symphony showed the many sides of Bach in a festive performance over the Easter weekend.
***11
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Bach by arrangement: Houston Symphony under Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Listening to arrangements of Bach is like Dostoevsky’s challenge not to think about polar bears. It’s best to put the Bach out of your thoughts, even if “the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”
****1
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Full-bodied Beethoven from Yefim Bronfman and Fabien Gabel in Houston

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Fabien Gabel and the Houston Symphony Orchestra present memorable Beethoven performances that are solidly in the Austro-German tradition.

****1
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A successful Beethoven 8 in Houston

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Brinton Averil Smith, the Symphony's principal cello, approached Haydn's D major Concerto with bold courage and passionate, if inconsistently manufactured, strokes.
***11
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A double bill anchored by Zoom at Houston Grand Opera

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Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton seemed to have a lot of fun taking up the role of Julia Child once again. 
***11
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