A charmed Little Prince at Houston Grand Opera

By Sydney Boyd, 06 December 2015

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Reviewed at Wortham Theater Center: Cullen Theater, Houston on 4 December 2015

Portman, The Little Prince

Houston Grand Opera

Bradley Moore, Conductor

Ellen Douglas Schlaefer, Director

Maria Björnson, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Pureum Jo, Rose

D'Ana Lombard, Water

Sofia Selowsky, Fox

Chris Bozeka, Drunkard, Lamplighter

John Kapusta, Snake, Vain Man

Samuel Schultz, Businessman

Joshua Hopkins, Pilot

Federico De Michelis, King

Andy Jones, Little Prince

Cohle H. Smith, Little Prince

Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

Houston Grand Opera Chorus

Michael James Clark, Lighting Designer

Karen Reeves, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Sydney Boyd

Sydney Boyd is an arts writer, scholar, and violinist. She has been a music critic in Houston since 2012 and is the blog author of Girl at the Opera. She has a Ph.D. in English literature from Rice University, where she currently holds a post-doctoral Spatial Studies fellowship in the Humanities Research Center.