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Houston Grand Opera
Saturdays at noon
The Houston Grand Opera is recognized nationally and internationally for artistic excellence and innovation. It contributes to the cultural enrichment of the city of Houston and the nation by producing and performing world-class opera. HGO creates a diverse, innovative, and balanced program of performances, events, community, and educational projects, which reach the widest possible public.
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- For complete cast and other information visit the Houston Grand Opera website
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Producer: Mark Hanna
Host: Elaine Warner, with commentary from Perryn Leech, HGO managing director
Program Schedule
October 27, 2012
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (in Italian)
Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Cast:
Figaro: Nathan Gunn
Rosina: Ana María Martínez
Count Almaviva: Lawrence Brownlee
Dr. Bartolo: Patrick Carfizzi
Don Basilio: Kyle Ketelsen
Berta: Catherine Cook
Fiorello: Boris Dyakov
Sergeant: Charles Mellor
Conductor: Leonardo Vordoni
Stage Director: Joan Font
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
November 3, 2012
FIDELIO (in German)
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Cast:
Florestan: Simon O’Neill
Leonore: Karita Mattila
Don Pizarro: Tómas Tómasson
Rocco: Kristinn Sigmundsson
Don Fernando: Kyle Ketelsen
Marzelline: Brittany Wheeler
Jaquino: Norman Reinhardt
First Prisoner: Brendan Tuohy
Second Prisoner: Mark Diamond
Conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Stage Director: Jürgen Flimm
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 2 hours 6 minutes
November 10, 2012
LA TRAVIATA (in Italian)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Violetta Valéry: Albina Shagimuratova
Alfredo Germont: Chad Shelton
Giorgio Germont: Giovanni Meoni
Gastone de Letorieres: Scott Quinn
Flora Bervoix: Catherine Martin
Baron Douphol: Boris Dyakov
Marchese d’Obigny: Mark Diamond
Doctor Grenvil: Nicholas Masters
Annina: Brittany Wheeler
Giuseppe: Brendan Tuohy
Messenger: Keenan Manceaux
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Stage Director: Daniel Slater
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 2 hours 4 minutes
November 17, 2012
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (in English)
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Cast:
Lucretia: Michelle DeYoung
Male Chorus: Anthony Dean Griffey
Female Chorus: Leah Crocetto
Tarquinius: Jacques Imbrailo
Collatinus: Ryan McKinny
Junius: Joshua Hopkins
Bianca: Judith Forst
Lucia: Lauren Snouffer
Conductor: Rory Macdonald Stage Director: Arin Arbus Houston Grand Opera Orchestra
Approx. Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
November 24, 2012
DON CARLOS (in French)
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Cast:
Don Carlos: Brandon Jovanovich
Elisabeth de Valois: Tamara Wilson
Princess Eboli: Christine Goerke
Rodrigue: Scott Hendricks
Phillipe II: Andrea Silvestrelli
The Grand Inquisitor: Samuel Ramey
Spirit of Charles V: Oren Gradus
Thibault: Lauren Snouffer
Celestial Voice: Brittany Wheeler
Comte de Lerme: Boris Dyakov
Royal Herald: Scott Quinn
Forester: Mark Diamond
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Stage Director: John Caird
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
December 1, 2012
MARIA STUARDA (in Italian)
Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Cast:
Maria Stuarda: Joyce DiDonato
Elisabetta: Katie van Kooten
Earl of Leicester: Eric Cutler
Talbot: Robert Gleadow
Cecil: Oren Gradus
Anna: Catherine Martin
Conductor: Patrick Summers
Stage Director: Kevin Newbury
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Chorus Master: Richard Bado
Approx. Length: 1 hour 57 minutes
