Show Boat

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Jan. 18, 2013 - 7:30 p.m. | Jan. 20, 2013 -  2 p.m. | Jan. 26, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 30, 2013 - 7:30 p.m. | Feb. 1, 2013 - 7:30 p.m. | Feb. 3, 2013 - 2 p.m.
Feb. 6, 2013 - 7:30 p.m. | Feb. 9, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

Magnolia Hawkes
Sasha Cooke

Gaylord Ravenal
Joseph Kaiser

Julie La Verne
Melody Moore

Conductor
Patrick Summers 
Margaret Alkek Williams Chair

Director
Francesca Zambello

Set Designer
Peter Davison

Costume Designer
Paul Tazewell

Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Jerome Kern's Show Boat
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Brown Theater | Sung in English

"Ol' Man River"  "Make Believe"  "You Are Love"  "Bill"  "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"

The story follows the theatrical family of the Cotton Blossom as it sails the Mississippi providing musical entertainment at towns along the way. A departure from fluffy operettas and vaudeville revues that were standard Broadway fare in the '20s, Show Boat's magical score and epic story make it a seminal work of the musical theater with a uniquely American accent.

Sasha Cooke Joseph Kaiser Melody Moore

Photo credit: Peter Davison
A co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, and Washington National Opera.

Listen to an audio clip of "Can’t help lovin’dat man" sung by Frederica von Stade, courtesy of EMI Classics.