Houston Grand Opera
Saturday at 1 pm
Oct 27
OPERA: 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
Nov 3
OPERA: 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
Nov 10
OPERA: 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
Nov 17
OPERA: 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
Nov 24
OPERA: 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
Dec 1
OPERA: 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