It’s rarely a good sign when your ghost appears before your death. So it goes for opera’s most beloved courtesan, Violetta Valery, the heroine/fallen woman of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” brilliantly re-imagined by [...]
It is a rare occasion when the Houston Symphony invites a single artist to perform in residence for three consecutive classical series concerts. The recent festival of music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, dubbed “RachFest,” [...]
SO YOU HAVE TRAINING AT A major music school, does that guarantee you a career? Not necessarily. That’s where professional development programs come in. As the number of highly trained musicians graduating from [...]
Executive director Becky Tobin is the one-woman show behind the scenes at the Houston Chamber Choir. A+C visited with Tobin to get an inside view of her life running the city’s only professional choir. [...]
Four full-time staff members and numerous part-timers, plus an army of dedicated volunteers help Oh in its mis- Overtures: Opera in the Heights Opens a New Act sion to bring affordable opera to Houston audiences [...]