Subject:

Richard Strauss

  • Culture

    February 9, 2012

    Great Britten

    Houston Grand Opera presents a timeless classic in a handsome, moving production.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    The Rape of Lucretia: A Timeless "Modern" Opera

    The setup: After the storm and fury of Peter Grimes (1945), whose sea-tossed music and psychologically truthful and damaged characters were heralded as a new era in English opera, composer Benjamin Britten, for his next stage work, went toward the simple but elegant. "I am keen to develop a new art ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 3, 2011

    Ode to Joy

    Houston Grand Opera's Fidelio bursts forth with thrilling theater.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    4 Great Character Themes from Classical Music (And What They Really Mean)

    Pedro Sanchez​Entrance music is important. Get the right tune and people will forever have a dual-sensory impression of your character. Most people like to craft original music to help fully embody the characters they create, but some people just lift classical themes to get the job done witho ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 5, 2011

    Sublime Strauss

    HGO's Ariadne, an opera about opera, is both serious and funny.

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2011

    Ariadne auf Naxos

  • Music

    July 15, 2010

    Book Learning

    Houston's Literary Greats sail onto the college-radio charts with Ocean, Meet the Valley.

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2008

    Salome

    Bring Me His Head - in HD!

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    David Bowie, Buddha of Suburbia

    CD Review

  • Culture

    July 12, 2007

    "Red Velvet: Making a Case for Domestic Tranquility"

    A spectacular kimono is hidden from sight at Vine Street Studios

  • Culture

    June 28, 2007

    Opera Vista

    Opera Vista proves the fat lady lives with its inaugural program

  • Culture

    March 4, 2004

    Divergence in Style

    Houston Ballet offers up two solemn dances -- and a wild one

  • Culture

    June 7, 2001

    The Great Escape

    Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image

  • Music

    October 28, 1999

    Playbill

    Coming This Week

  • Music

    January 28, 1999

    Stressing Strauss

    Da Camera examines the 20th-Century Enigma composer

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • Calendar

    March 26, 1998

    Night & Day

    March 26-April 1, 1998

  • Music

    November 20, 1997

    Rotation

  • Culture

    January 30, 1997

    Shocking Salome

    HGO adds some electricity to Richard Strauss's erotic opera

  • Culture

    October 31, 1996

    Amazon Arias

    With Florencia, HGO heads south into unabashedly pretty territory

  • Culture

    May 30, 1996

    New Shapes

  • Calendar

    May 23, 1996

    Press Picks

  • Music

    February 15, 1996

    Dutch Treat

  • Culture

    April 27, 1995

    For Strauss Lovers Only

    Der Rosenkavalier will delight the faithful, but won't win any converts

  • Calendar

    April 13, 1995

    Press Picks

  • Calendar

    March 2, 1995

    Press Picks

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