Most recently, she performed La Traviata at Opera di Firenze.įuture plans include I Puritani at Oper Frankfurt and at Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liegi, Rigoletto at Opéra de Massy, and her U.S. She appeared in concert with the Essen Philharmonic, returned to Teatro Massimo di Palermo as Violetta, to La Fenice in Lucia di Lammermoor and to Oper Köln in Manon. In recent seasons, she debuted at Opernhaus Zürich as Elvira in I Puritani, at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in La Traviata, at Teatro San Carlo in Napoli in Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze and at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in Lucia di Lammermoor. Carleen Graham, Director of HGO, and the event is free, but registration is required and can be completed here.She studied at the Prague Conservatory, participated in master classes with Mietta Sighele and Veriano Lucchetti in Riva del Garda, and continued her vocal studies with Paola Pittaluga at the opera studio in Bologna. John’s United Methodist Church in downtown Houston.

Robert Curt Peterson, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine and Juanita Rasmus, co-pastor at St. Matthias Henze, Professor and Founding Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, Rice University Dr. The panel will take place on October 10 at 7pm at the Ethel and Albert Herstein Theater (5401 Caroline St., Houston, 77004).

In conjunction with the Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH), HGO will present a panel discussion, How Identity Ages, on the impact of aging on identity, personal agency, and mental health.

Saul will run from October 25-November 8, and through stories of Saul’s waning power explores issues relating to identity and aging and their effects on mental health. For the 2019-2020 season, HGO is focusing on themes around identity, and its productions include: Javier Martínez & Leonard Foglia’s El Milagro del Recuerdo / The Miracle of Remembering Donizetti’s La favorite Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Handel’s biblical oratorio Saul. In 2017 Houston Grand Opera (HGO) began a six-year initiative titled Seeking the Human Spirit, which is designed to highlight universal spiritual themes raised in opera.

Houston Grand Opera and Holocaust Museum Houston present “How Identity Ages,” Photo by Bill Cooper

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