Press Room

Welcome to the HGO Press Room.

Here you will find our latest news, press releases, and available media. Please note that the images in the photo gallery are for use by solely news media and reviewers and must include photo crediting.

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Natalie Barron
Associate Director of Marketing and Communication
NBarron@HGO.org
713-546-0240

Delicia Harvey
Elmore Public Relations
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HGO in the Media

News & Press

DEC 2022

6 of Houston's most powerful people in 2022 | Axios Houston

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DEC 2022

Review: HGO’s ‘El Milagro del Recuerdo’ makes for a wonderful holiday tradition | Houston Chronicle

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DEC 2022

Houston Theater Christmas 2022, Part V | Houston Press

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DEC 2022

"El Milagro del Recuerdo" at the Houston Grand Opera | Axios Houston

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OCT 2022

Visionary Fervor | Opera News

Operanews.Com Visionary Fervor

OCT 2022

Review: HGO’s ‘Wreckers’ is messy, magnificent, visceral and violent | Houston Chronicle

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OCT 2022

Houston Grand Opera Brings Back the Most Epic Opera No One Has Ever Heard Of | PaperCity

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OCT 2022

The Wreckers at Houston Grand Opera: A Rare Jewel | Houston Press

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OCT 2022

A Truly Glittering Scene Sends Houston Grand Opera Soaring to a $600,000 Night | PaperCity

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OCT 2022

Houston Grand Opera Opening Night gala debuts star soprano, serves steak at midnight and raises record funds at Wortham Center

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OCT 2022

Houston Grand Opera eager to set sail with Smyth’s “The Wreckers” | Texas Classical Review

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OCT 2022

Review: Angel Blue makes Houston Grand Opera’s ‘La Traviata’ her own | Houston Chronicle

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OCT 2022

In HGO's La Traviata it's Verdi's Music That Was the Star on Opening Night | Houston Press

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OCT 2022

HGO cast delivers the passion if not the subtlety of Verdi’s “Traviata” | Texas Classical Review

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OCT 2022

Soprano Angel Blue set to make HGO’s ‘La Traviata’ memorable | Houston Chronicle

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OCT 2022

Mezzo Sasha Cooke, who sings in The Wreckers at HGO, loves new music—and old music | Opera News

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OCT 2022

Louisa Muller Directs Houston Grand Opera’s The Wreckers | Out Smart

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SEP 2022

Classical Music and Opera This Fall: 59 Programs, Premieres and More | New York Times

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SEP 2022

Meet Jennifer Davenport, Houston Grand Opera’s newest executive leader | Houston Arts Journal

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JUL 2022

Houston Grand Opera names new shepherd to groom young music stars | CultureMap

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JUN 2022

Houston Grand Opera's new resident composer experiments with music | Houston Chronicle

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MAY 2022

Houston Grand Opera Appoints Jennifer Bowman As Director Of Community And Learning | Broadway Word

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MAY 2022

ROMEO AND JULIET at Houston Grand Opera Is a Gratifying Delight | BWW Review

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MAY 2022

Review: HGO’s lavish ‘Romeo and Juliet’ does right by Shakespeare | Houston Chronicle

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APR 2022

Full-blooded vocalism wins out over uneven staging in HGO’s “Romeo et Juliette” | Texas Classical Review

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APR 2022

A Star-Crossed Romeo and Juliet at Houston Grand Opera Draws Us In and Doesn't Let Go | Houston Press

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APR 2022

Adriana González on her U.S. Debut, Taking ‘Roméo et Juliette’ & the Challenge of Finding Her Voice | OperaWire

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APR 2022

Tenor Michael Spyres on why HGO's Romeo and Juliet is Truly Grand Opera | Houston Press

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APR 2022

Review: Why you need to see Robert Wilson’s magnificent ‘Turandot’ | Houston Chronicle

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APR 2022

Transforming the Houston Grand Opera — Inside the Leadership Plan of New CEO Khori Dastoor | PaperCity

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APR 2022

Robert Wilson Brings the Avant-Garde to a Century-Old Opera | Texas Monthly

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APR 2022

HGO's Turandot: With "Pictures You Can Hear" | Houston Press

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APR 2022

Houston soprano Nicole Heaston tackles ‘Turandot’ once again | Houston Press

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APR 2022

Opera Ball Returns with Vivid Moroccan Theme, a $1.25 Million Haul and Even a Camel! | CityBook

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APR 2022

Belly Dancers, a Camel and a Mayor Tenor Keep the Surprises Coming in a Lavish Houston Grand Opera Ball | PaperCity

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MAR 2022

FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD: POWERHOUSE WOMEN LEAD HOUSTON GRAND OPERA’S NEW SEASON | Arts and Culture

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MAR 2022

Everything You Need to Know About HGO's 2022 to 23 Season With Khori Dastoor | PaperCity

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FEB 2022

Houston Grand Opera Names New Chairperson to Board of Directors | OperaWire

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Press Releases

2023

FEBRUARY

2022

SEPTEMBER

- - HGO to Present World-Premiere Opera Another City

AUGUST

- - Houston Grand Opera Appoints Jennifer Davenport as First-Ever Chief Marketing and Experience Officer

JULY

- - Houston Grand Opera Appoints Maureen Zoltek as Music Director of the HGO Studio

JUNE

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Joel Thompson as the Company’s First Full-Time
    Composer-in-Residence

MAY

- - Houston Grand Opera Appoints Jennifer Bowman as Director of Community and Learning

APRIL

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Next Season’s HGO Studio Artists

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

2021

NOV

From Page to Stage to Livestream – Houston Grand Opera Celebrates the World Premiere of The Snowy Day with Historic Opening Night

JUNE

- - Khori Dastoor Joins Houston Grand Opera as the Company’s New General Director and CEO

MAY

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Triumphant Return to Live Performances at the Wortham Theater Center for the 2021-22 Season

MARCH

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Next Season’s 2021–22 HGO Studio Artists
  - Houston Grand Opera Announces a New, Socially Distanced Outdoor Performance and Additions to the HGO Digital Season

FEBRUARY

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2021 Audience Choice Winner
  - Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2021 Winners

JANUARY

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2021 Finalists

2020

NOVEMBER

- - Managing Director Perryn Leech has decided to leave Houston Grand Opera after 14 years
  - Houston Grand Opera announces cancellation of remaining 2020–21 mainstage operas, replaces in-person performances with extended digital season

OCTOBER

- - Texas Opera Companies Rally Together to Create Texas Opera Alliance

AUGUST

- - Houston Grand Opera Launches HGO Digital, The Sarah and Ernest Butler
    Performance Series, This Fall
  - Houston Grand Opera Studio Collaborates with Opera Companies Nationwide in Search of Opera’s Next Stars

JUNE

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Updates for the 2020–21 Season

MAY

- - HGO Announces the Appointment of Miah Im as Studio Music Director

FEBRUARY

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2020 Winners

JANUARY

- - Houston Grand Opera’s 2020–21 Season Features Incredible Lineup of Seven Productions, Including Opera Favorites and Company Premieres
  - Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2020 Semifinalists

2019

MARCH

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces the highly anticipated 2019–20 HGO Studio Artists

FEBRUARY

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2019 Winners and
    Appoints Ana María Martínez as Artistic Advisor

JANUARY

- - Houston Grand Opera’s 2019–20 Season Features a Lineup of Seven Productions Never Before Seen by Houston Audiences
  - Houston Grand Opera Announces Concert of Arias 2019 Semifinalists

2018

SEPTEMBER

- - Houston Grand Opera presents La bohème as second offering in fall repertoire
  - Houston Grand Opera presents The Flying Dutchman for season opener; returns to the Wortham Theater Center

MAY

APRIL

- - Mariachi Opera About Divided Immigrant Family Returns to Houston Grand Opera May 17, 19, 20

MARCH

- - Houston Grand Opera presents web-only opera series based on true stories of star-crossed love
  - Houston Grand Opera Announces 2018–19 HGO Studio Artists

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

2017

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

- - Houston Grand Opera opens 2017–18 season in the George R. Brown Convention Center with Verdi’s La traviata (Oct. 20) and Handel’s Julius Caesar (Oct. 27)
  - Houston Grand Opera presents Glory Denied, November 6 and November 9, at 1940 Air Terminal Museum Hangar

SEPTEMBER

- - Houston Grand Opera to create “unconventional” new theater in the George R. Brown Convention Center for first three productions of the 2017–18 season

AUGUST

- - Houston Grand Opera issues hurricane update
  - HGOco Commissions New Song of Houston Operas

JULY

- - Season Update: Houston Grand Opera’s 2017–18 Season Features Long-Awaited Return of Strauss’s Elektra and Bellini’s Norma, World Premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon/Royce Vavrek’s The House without a Christmas Tree, First Major American Opera House Presentation of Bernstein’s West Side Story

JUNE

MAY

- - Houston Grand Opera Announces Seeking the Human Spirit 2017–2023

APRIL

- - Opera Singer’s Unlikely Story Featured at ERJCC April 23
  - Update on HGO and Asian Cultural Concerns

MARCH

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

2016

DECEMBER

- - Houston Grand Opera to Open 2016 with The Marriage of Figaro (January 22) and Rusalka (January 29)
  - Houston Grand Opera Presents Landmark Return of Nixon in China (January 20–28) and Verdi’s Requiem (February 10–18)

NOVEMBER

- - Houston Grand Opera Presents World Premiere of It’s a Wonderful Life Catch a new take on the ultimate holiday classic, December 2–17

AUGUST

- - Houston Grand Opera Launches Under-25 “Pay Your Age” Tickets

JUNE

- - Houston Grand Opera Appoints Carleen Graham as Director of HGOco
  - June 2016 - Houston Grand Opera Sustains Growth in Season Offerings, Fundraising

APRIL

MARCH

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

- - Houston Grand Opera to Give World Premiere of Some Light Emerges March 16 and 17
  - Houston Grand Opera to Present World Premiere of The Root of the Wind Is Water May 13 and 15

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