Patrick Summers, Veteran Opera Conductor, to Step Down in Houston
Summers, who has helped introduce new operas into the American canon, will leave his role at Houston Grand Opera in 2026.
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In an Opera About Civil War Spies, Dancers Help Drive the Drama
Houston Grand Opera, known for innovation, unveils Jake Heggie’s “Intelligence,” directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and featuring Urban Bush Women.
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Has Scott Joplin’s ‘Thoroughly American’ Opera ‘Treemonisha’ Found Its Moment?
“Treemonisha” — brilliant, flawed and unfinished — is ripe for creative reimagining at a time when opera houses are looking to diversify the canon.