Wortham Theater CenterĪpril 21-May 5 - “Tosca”: Love and villainy in the perennially popular Puccini classic, featuring title-role debut of HGO-trained soprano Tamara Wilson. 10 - “Werther”: Acclaimed tenor Matthew Polenzani stars as Goethe’s lovelorn young man in HGO’s first production of Jules Massenet’s tragic opera in 40 years. Wortham Theater Centerġ3-28 - “The Marriage of Figaro”: Courtesy of HGO and Tony-winning director Michael Grandage, Mozart’s comic-opera romp comes to 1960s Francoist Spain. Brockman Hall for OperaĨ-18 - “El Milagro del Recuerdo”: HGO pays homage to Mexican navídad traditions in Javier Martinez and Leonard Foglia’s 2019 folk opera, back by popular demand. Wortham Theater CenterĤ, 6 - “Street Scene”: Rice Opera presents Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes’ 1947 New York City tenement tale, which folds European opera into Broadway-style musical theater. 11 - “The Wreckers”: British composer/suffragist Smyth’s 1906 opera stars mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke as a woman who upends her Welsh fishing village by resisting her pastor husband. HGO stages Verdi’s sumptuous “La Traviata” in October at Wortham Theater Center.

6 - “La Traviata”: Verdi’s sumptuous opera of doomed lovers returns to HGO, starring company first-timer Angel Blue (“Porgy and Bess”) as title soprano. 10-13 - “Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers”: Houston Grand Opera’s young-audience offshoot Opera to Go! presents Kamala Sankaram’s fascinating fable about the power of teamwork.

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