The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is a Houston, Texas-based opera company. It was founded in 1955. David Gockley was its longtime general director, serving 33 years from 1972 to 2005 before moving to the San Francisco Opera on January 1, 2006. Gockley was suceeded by Anthony Freud, the former head of Welsh National Opera. Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area    - City 1,558 km²  (601. ... San Francisco Opera (SFO) is the second largest opera company in North America. ... The Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru or Wales Millenium Centre, a new performing arts centre which opended in 2004, is the home of the Welsh National Opera (WNO), a touring operatic company founded in Cardiff in 1943. ...

HGO presents seven to ten productions per season in three repertory periods and it presents both the standard operatic repertoire as well as new works. Since 1973, Houston Grand Opera has presented 28 world and six American premieres. In 1976, HGO revived George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and helped secure its place in the American operatic repertoire. It was also the first opera company in America to present Scott Joplin's Treemonisha. This page lists famous operas arranged by composer. ... Gershwin redirects here. ... The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ... Scott Joplin (born between June 1867 and January 1868[1] – died April 1, 1917) was a black musician and composer of ragtime music. ... The cover of the original Treemonisha score. ...

HGO's home base is the Wortham Theater Center, which opened in October 1987. The houses the 2363-seat Brown Theater and the 1065-seat Cullen Theater. It was built entirely with private funds. The Wortham's opening events included a new production of Verdi's Aida with Mirella Freni and Plácido Domingo; the world premiere of John Coolidge Adams's Nixon in China, directed by Peter Sellars; and an updated staging of Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail. The Wortham Theater Center is a performing arts center in Houston, Texas. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... // Introduction This article is about the marketing term, AIDA. For other uses of the term, see Aida (disambiguation). ... Mirella Freni Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935) is a famous Italian opera soprano much admired for the youthful quality of her voice and her acting skills. ... Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo [1] (born January 21, 1941) [2] is a world-famous Spanish operatic tenor, well-known for his versatile, strong voice that is possessed of a ringing and clear tone throughout its range. ... John Coolidge Adams (born February 15, 1947) is an American composer, with strong roots in minimalism. ... Promotional flier for the Nixon in China opera. ... Peter Sellars Peter Sellars (born 1957) is a leading American theater director, renowned for his modern stagings of classical operas and plays. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and highly influential composer of Classical music. ... Die Entführung aus dem Serail (K. 384; in English The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio) is a opera Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ...

The company tours regularly, having taken productions to Japan, Italy, Egypt, Scotland and France. HGO won a Tony (Porgy and Bess), two Grammys (Porgy and Bess, Nixon in China) and two Emmy awards (Nixon in China, Hitting the High Cs). Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... An Emmy Award. ...

Patrick Summers is the present music director and conductor.

External link

• Official website

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