Houston Grand Opera has announced that it will present a series of free summer programs for children. There will be two types of programs. First up is “Sing! Move! Play!” which allows children to interact with some of the most famous works in the repertory through singing, movement, and creative play. They will engage with such works as “The Marriage {…}

The Houston Grand Opera has announced its 2024-25 Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio Artists. Here is a run down of the first-year artists: Alissa Goretsky, soprano  Elizabeth “Hanje,” soprano Shawn Roth, tenor Sam Dhobhany, bass-baritone Ziniu Zhao, bass-baritone Laura Bleakley, pianist/coach   Jenny Choo, pianist/coach There are also four returning artists: Ani Kushyan, mezzo-soprano Michael McDermott, tenor Demetrious Sampson, Jr., tenor Navasard Hakobyan, baritone “Thanks to extraordinary support {…}

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has announced the finalists for its 2024 Concert of Arias. The finalists include soprano Alissa Goretsky, soprano Elizabeth “Hanje,” soprano Jouelle Roberson, soprano Jazmine Saunders, tenor Rafael Rojas, bass-baritone Sam Dhobhany, bass-baritone Ziniu Zhao, and bass Edwin Jhamaal Davis. “There is nothing more important to us at HGO than our annual search for the world’s finest emerging artists. {…}