A double bill anchored by Zoom at Houston Grand Opera

Von Edward Sava-Segal, 28 November 2020

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wortham Theater Center: Brown Theater, Houston, am 27 November 2020

Mozart, Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario) (English language retelling by Jim Luigs)

Hoiby, Bon Appétit!

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Eun Sun Kim, Musikalische Leitung

E Loren Meeker, Regie

Jamie Barton, Julia Child

Raven McMillon, Sopran

Nicole Heaston, Sopran

Nova Thomas, Sopran

Frederick Ballentine, Tenor

William Guanbo Su, Bass

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Ryan McKinny, Regie

Jonathan Easter, Klavier

Die Passagierin: Ein erschütternder Abend

Rebecca Lentjes, 12th July

Zwei Frauen, zwei Welten – gegensätzlich präsentiert in einem einzigen, mehrstöckigen Bühnenbild. Eine der Welten ist das makellose, weiße Deck eines Schiffes der 1960er Jahre auf dem Weg nach Brasilien, und darunter, wo sonst der Schiffsrumpf sein könnte, befindet sich die graue, trostlose Welt von Auschwitz.

****1

A delightful, updated Hansel and Gretel in Houston for young and old

Zenaida des Aubris, 28th May

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

*****

Fear in future past: Siegfried at Houston Grand Opera

Sydney Boyd, 16th April

The production is a disconcerting combination of cold metallic future and Neanderthal aesthetics – a startling pairing of humanity’s beginning and its end.

****1

Magical debuts make the myth alive in Houston Grand Opera's Rusalka

Sydney Boyd, 29th January

Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka, moving between the worlds and rooted in myth, is a shivering opera to experience with its opulent music and its fantastical plot.

***11

Houston Grand Opera wastes a Figaro

Sydney Boyd, 22nd January

This production proves that even Mozart’s best-laid plans can be undone.

A charmed Little Prince at Houston Grand Opera

Sydney Boyd, 4th December

As part of the season of Scrooges and Santas, it’s a refreshing reminder of sweet simplicity in a complicated world.

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.