Houston Grand Opera
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Special offer. Jake Heggie: Intelligence
RecommendedJanai Brugger (Mary Jane Bowser), J'Nai Bridges (Lucinda), Jamie Barton (Elizabeth Van Lew), Caitlin Lynch (Callie Van Lew), Michael Mayes (Travis Briggs), Nicholas Newton (Henry), Joshua Blue (Wilson)
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Kwamé Ryan
Heggie is a master of music-drama, with a gift for setting words and a musical style that borrows Barber's unabashed lyricism and the brash rhythmic drive of Bernstein. But in Intelligence,... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Opera Recording
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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Coming soon. Missy Mazzoli: Breaking the Waves
Houston Grand Opera (opera company), Lauren Snouffer, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Michael Mayes (baritone), Maire Therese Carmack, Ryan McKinny, Sam Dhobhany, Michelle Bradley, David Portillo, Andrew Surrena, Johnny Salvesen, Jon Janacek, Patrick Summers
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New. Daniel Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas
Alicia Gianni, David Pittsinger, Houston Grand Opera (opera company), Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Norman Garrett, Thomas Glass, Ana María Martínez, Joshua Guerrero (tenor), Patrick Summers
Catán's lavish neoromantic score draws heavily and with considerable technical skill on such forebears as Puccini (especially Turandot) and Ravel (Daphnis et Chloé), yet despite its undeniable... —
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (highlights)
RecommendedDonnie Ray Albert (Porgy), Clamma Dale (Bess), Wilma Shakesnider (Serena), Carol Brice (Maria), Andrew Smith (Crown), Alexander B. Smalls (Jake), Betty Lane (Clara), Larry Marshall (Sportin’ Life)
Houston Grand Opera, John DeMain
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. O'Regan: The Phoenix (Live)
Thomas Hampson (baritone), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone), Chad Shelton (tenor), Rihab Chaieb (mezzo-soprano), Lauren Snouffer (soprano), Elizabeth Sutphen (soprano), Houston Grand Opera, Houston Grand Opera Chorus, Houston Grand Opera Children's Chorus, Patrick Summers
It’s O’Regan’s music that really draws the attention: the choruses in particular are very fine, and his resonant orchestral writing embraces big-boned Americana and lithe Classical pastiche. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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Massenet: Werther
Matthew Polenzani (Werther), Isabel Leonard (Charlotte), Sean Michael Plumb (Albert), Jasmine Habersham (Sophie), Patrick Carfizzi (Le Bailli)
Houston Grand Opera, Robert Spano
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Heggie: Three Decembers
Frederica von Stade (Madeline Mitchell), Keith Phares (Charlie), Kristin Clayton (Beatrice)
Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Patrick Summers
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Theofanidis, C.: The Refuge [Opera]
Faith Sherman (mezzo-soprano), Beau Gibson (tenor), Albina Shagimuratova (soprano), Rebekah Camm (soprano), Ali Durrani (vocals), Chandrakantha Courtney (sitar), Liam Bonner (baritone), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone), Philip Evbomoen (tenor), Julie Trinh Dang (zither),...
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Martínez, J: Cruzar la cara de la Luna
Brian Shircliffe, Brittany Wheeler, Octavio Moreno, Juan Mejia, Cecilia Duarte, Vanessa Cerda-Alonzo, David Guzman, Atlai Carreon
Houston Grand Opera, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan
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