Houston Grand Opera

Introducing our 2026 Concert of Arias winners! 1st place: Scarlett Jones, soprano 2nd place: Misael Corralejo, tenor 3rd place: Lauren Randolph, mezzo-soprano Audience Choice Award: Misael Corralejo, tenor The Ana María Martínez Encouragement Award: Viktoriia Shamanska, soprano

From delicious designs to exquisite performances, @HoustonChron is singing Hansel and Gretel’s praises! Read more: houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/…

How are we feeling after our GRAMMY win for Intelligence? “Our hearts are full of joy” ♥️🏆 Celebrating our third GRAMMY win, we’re deeply proud to shine a light on this important opera and bring this award home to the city of Houston.

And the GRAMMY goes to Intelligence! We proudly share that HGO won Best Opera Recording for the HGO-commissioned opera Intelligence, created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer in collaboration with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.

✨🕰️ The cuckoo clock strikes—it’s time to raise the curtain on Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel at HGO! Get ready for grand music, dreamy sets, stunning performances, and lots of laughs. 🌲Come along on the journey: HGO.org/tickets

Houston Press praises HGO’s “magnificent premiere” of Kevin Puts’s Silent Night, calling it “the apex of contemporary opera – stirring, emotional, affecting, atmospheric.” Read about this “invigorating orchestral masterpiece”: houstonpress.com/arts/shouting-…

Out of an abundance of caution due to severe winter weather conditions, HGO has decided to cancel our Sunday, Jan. 25 performance of Silent Night. Ticketholders will be contacted via email with further instructions. Learn more: HGO.org

Bitter war. Radical peace. Prevailing hope. Tonight, we are so honored lift the curtain on a stunning new production of Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s Silent Night! HGO presents Silent Night Jan. 23–Feb. 8: HGO.org/tickets

@HoustonPress previews HGO's powerful wartime opera, Silent Night, featuring an interview with Conductor Kensho Watanabe: houstonpress.com/arts/peace-in-…

From epic performances on the main stage to spreading the love of opera far and wide to our community, 2025 was a monumental year! We can’t wait to see what’s in store for the new year. Cheers to 2026! 🎉

Thanks to Arts and Culture Texas for all the love surrounding the past year in opera! From world premieres to Porgy and Bess’s big return to the Wortham stage, 2025 has been one to remember. Read ACTX 2025 recap: bit.ly/4sozVfC

Houston Public Media unpacks the rise of Intelligence from concept to Grammy nomination. 💿🏆 We’re proud to bring this honor to Houston! Read the article: bit.ly/49bhrGs

May the spirit of music unite us and bring light to the year ahead. Happy holidays from all of us at Houston Grand Opera! 🕊️

HGO proudly announces plans to co-produce the world premiere of Sir John Tavener’s Krishna, in partnership with Grange Park Opera, set to make its American premiere in the 2027-28 season. More: houstongrandopera.org/backstage-pass…

Holiday fun for the whole family is in store at Carols on the Green on December 13! HGO artists are thrilled to light up Houston with a celebration of Latin American opera and song alongside Segundo Barrio Children’s Chorus, the University of Houston’s Mariachi Pumas, and more.

We are filled with pride to announce that today, Houston Grand Opera received a GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Opera Recording for Intelligence and received recognition with Blanton Alspaugh’s GRAMMY Award nomination for Producer of the Year, Classical. bit.ly/4hRVgJm

This morning, the New York Times broke the news that Maestro @jamesgaffigan will be HGO's next Music Director. Hear from General Director and CEO Khori Dastoor about why the American-born conductor is the ideal leader to become our fifth Music Director. bit.ly/4hLynaz

It’s an honor to be named the next Music Director of Houston Grand Opera @HouGrandOpera! It’s a privilege to make music with such extraordinary artists and to be part of a company that leads the way in innovation, community, and the development of young artists.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of American conductor James Gaffigan as the fifth Music Director in HGO’s 70-year history! houstongrandopera.org/backstage-pass…

Your next binge watch is here. 🍿 Take in three short operas in one sitting with Puccini’s Il trittico at HGO. Onstage October 30–November 14. Hit play and triple the drama: HGO.org/tickets