Ars Lyrica’s Handel Delivers Musical Fireworks
No wonder Ars Lyrica Houston opted to showcase Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno for the third time since 2005.
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Epic Season at Houston Grand Opera Begins with Intelligence
Houston Grand Opera’s 2023-24 season is nothing short of epic. “We are producing some of the grandest and most mature artistic works in the repertoire all in one season,” says Khori Dastoor, HGO General Director and CEO. “Verdi’s last opera, Wagner’s last opera, late Mozart—these pieces are Mount Everest, each one of them.”
‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’ world premiere finally arrives in The Dallas Opera’s new season
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly celebrates the power of the human spirit when it faces a cataclysm.
Wagner, Mahler, Mozart and more: Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Epic New Season
The challenge is so great that no U.S. orchestra has pulled it off in recent decades: a concert-hall presentation of Richard Wagner’s four-opera epic, The Ring of the Nibelung. But the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is taking it on.
Victoria Bach Festival Promises a Wide-Ranging Lineup
The Victoria Bach Festival is heading towards the half-century mark.
Texas Studio: Alli Villines wants you to Feel Whatever You Feel
Alli Villines’s grandmother prophesied at her birth that she would be a singer, a divine foretelling that has proven true.
Cliburn contest helps aspiring pianists envision their future
After taking the helm at The Cliburn, which runs the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Jacques Marquis looked back across the contest’s winners and noticed a pattern.
100 Years of Magic at Miller Outdoor Theatre
Houstonians have experienced the magic of Miller Outdoor Theatre for 100 years now. What is it about this place that tugs on the heart strings, and turns shared moments into lasting memories?
Future Stars: Young Texas Artists Music Competition Highlights Up and Coming Talent
Launched in 1993 as a showcase for a single performer, it has evolved into an annual contest that offers $40,000 in prize money to aspiring musicians aged 18 to 32.
Discovering the Dallas Arts District
It’s the start of my whirlwind tour of the Dallas Arts District. Improbably, in all the years I have lived in Houston (23) and all the time I have been an arts writer in Texas (5), I had never been to Dallas. I am here now as a first time arts tourist, eager to absorb the wonders of a new place, open to every experience that might come my way.
The Aura of Honor: Suzanne Bocanegra weaves a wandering road through a 16th century tapestry
Honor, commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was presented on Jan. 27, 2023, at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts.
Wild Time: Fusebox 2023 Brings the Fun Factor
Now as spring blooms, we find Austin’s Fusebox, the state’s largest multidisciplinary arts festival, carrying the trend into 2023 with five days (April 12-16) filled with its usual innovative and experimental work, but also a particularly playful and fun lineup.