HGO Digital
Sarah and Ernest Butler Performance Series
Season Overview
Houston Grand Opera’s all-new 2020–21 HGO Digital season, presented in place of its canceled mainstage season, will serve great operatic works to audiences in Houston and beyond. Viewers can expect a mix of modern and classic operatic works, intimate Live from The Cullen recitals, and other creative projects. The HGO Digital season will also feature beloved company traditions, now re-envisioned for the digital space, from our talented HGO Studio artists. The entire season will be free, and presented in partnership with global streaming platform Marquee TV.
Supporters
To support the series, Sarah and Ernest Butler, long-time HGO supporters, have made an extraordinarily generous gift to help underwrite HGO Digital programming. The pledge will support both Houston Grand Opera and Austin Opera, creating a strategic partnership between the two Texas companies.
Viewers around the world will be able to transport themselves to a front row seat and stream exclusive Houston Grand Opera Digital content worldwide through Marquee TV, an on-demand streaming platform dedicated to global arts and culture. Serving up a world-class catalogue of contemporary and classical masterpieces, including dance, opera, theatre, music and arts documentaries, Marquee TV has been designed for a growing digital audience of culture lovers and the arts-curious. This season's partnership arrangement between Houston Grand Opera and Marquee TV is the first of its kind with a US-based performing arts organization, granting Marquee TV access to stream Houston Grand Opera’s 2020–21 season exclusively. The subscription-based arts channel will host Houston Grand Opera’s brand-new content and allow users to access it for free through their website, app, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and other platforms.
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2020–21 Season
Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation, the entire live, in-person mainstage 2020-21 season has been canceled. HGO patrons and subscribers who currently have tickets for the 2020–21 season will have their subscriptions moved to the following season automatically.