Houston Grand Opera

We’re looking to two “contemporary” operas on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/19 3:00 p.m.) beginning with Andre Previn’s “Brief Encounter” in a production from the Houston Grand Opera and Philip Glass’ interesting adaption of Jean Cocteau’s film “Belle et le Bete” having written an opera that synchs perfectly with the film. Of course, we can’t show you the film, but the opera is quite enjoyable on its own.

A Tempo this Saturday (2/3 at 7 pm) features a newly commissioned opera by Houston Grand Opera and Asia Society Texas to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

A Tempo this Saturday (10/22 at 7 pm) checks in on two opera companies bringing unique or unusual offerings to their audiences - Houston Grand Opera, which is staging Dame Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers, and Opera Philadelphia, which is distributing some of its opera film productions through movie houses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

As Houston Grand Opera reimagined its Fall season for a virtual platform, it transformed its Cullen Theater at the Wortham Theater Center into a…

Christmas comes to the Sunday Opera this week (12/23 3:00 p.m.) when Michael Kownacky is presenting two contemporary works based on beloved Christmas…