Native Texan Karen Reeves has prepared the Houston Grand Opera Children’s Chorus and child soloists since 1991. Last season she served as Children’s Chorus Director for the new HGO production of Puccini’s Tosca, directed by John Caird, both at the Wortham Theater Center and Miller Outdoor Theatre and for Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades. She also prepared the HGO Children’s Chorus and soloists for Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2009 and in 1993. Other operas she has prepared include Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (1997, 2006 and 2007) and the world premiere of Rachel Portman's The Little Prince (2003 and 2004). She was a member of the Houston Grand Opera Chorus for thirteen seasons.