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 is set to present the 2023 Butler Studio Showcase on Sept. 14, 2023. The program, which will feature selections from “Eugene Onegin,” “The Turn of the Screw,” “La Favorite,” “Susannah,” Béatrice et Bénédict,” and “Madama Butterfly,” will provide audiences with the first look at the Butler Studio class of 2023-24. The singers included in the program are {…}

Houston Grand Opera has announced the 2023-24 Sarah and Ernest Butler HGO Studio Artists. Following an extensive global search, four artists have been selected as first-year Butler Studio artists: mezzo-soprano Ani Kushyan, tenor Michael McDermott, pianist Marco Rizzello, and tenor Demetrious Sampson Jr. Six artists have also been chosen as returning Butler Studio artists. They are: sopranos Meryl Dominguez and {…}

The Houston Grand Opera has announced the finalists for its 2023 Concert of Arias, currently scheduled for Feb. 3, 2023. The finalists include baritone Samuel Kidd, mezzo-soprano Ani Kushyan, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, soprano Emma Marhefka, tenor Michael McDermott, tenor Demetrious Sampson Jr, bass Gosh Sargsyan, and soprano Gabrielle Turgeon. Audiences will be able to see the event both in person {…}