A double bill anchored by Zoom at Houston Grand Opera

By Edward Sava-Segal, 28 November 2020

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Reviewed at Wortham Theater Center: Brown Theater, Houston on 27 November 2020

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

Hoiby, Bon Appétit!

Houston Grand Opera

Eun Sun Kim, Conductor

E Loren Meeker, Director

Jamie Barton, Julia Child

Raven McMillon, Soprano

Nicole Heaston, Soprano

Nova Thomas, Soprano

Frederick Ballentine, Tenor

William Guanbo Su, Bass

Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

Ryan McKinny, Director

Jonathan Easter, Piano

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

HGO's Onegin stars an unlikely hero

Sydney Boyd, 30th October

Re-imagining this opera with Prince Gremin as the show-stealer was no doubt a happy accident.

****1

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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.