You can sing along, Mayes says. In fact, they want the audience to do just that as selections from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein II musical are performed by Mayes as Captain von Trapp and Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique as Maria. The HGO Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by HGO Chorus Master Richard Bado, will accompany the pair. And Megan Marino, Mayes wife, will perform as Elsa Schraeder and a co-host.
Musical theater isn t anything new for Mayes, who was last seen here in the title role of HGO s 2019 production of
Rigoletto. He grew up in Cut and Shoot, Texas. I grew up wanting to be Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson. Not Pavarotti. His mother had VHS tapes of
If you looking for the best Houston arts organizations have to offer this week you’ve come to the right place. As cautious and responsible optimism grows, below you’ll find not only virtual options to keep you entertained, but a few more in-person, socially distanced events too.
You can join Mercury Chamber Orchestra as they celebrate their platinum anniversary this Thursday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. when they stream their latest digital concert titled
Music Among Friends. Mercury’s co-founders, bassist Antoine Plante (who also serves as the ensemble’s artistic director) and violinist Jonathan Godfrey, will be joined by cellist Courtenay Vandiver Pereira for a program comprised of some of their favorite works from composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, George Gershwin, and Duke Ellington. Tickets to celebrate the now 20-year-old ensemble can be purchased for $20 here for the Thursday premiere, which will remain available to stream through April 18.
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Rescue, as well as traditional and popular songs. View here for three days.
7:30 pm ET: Met Opera Streams presents Verdi’s
Luisa Miller. Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Olesya Petrova, Piotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Alexander Vinogradov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy, conducted by Bertrand de Billy. Production by Elijah Moshinsky. From April 14, 2018. View here and for 24 hours.
8 pm ET: Seattle Opera presents
The Big Opera Show. A journey through Seattle Opera s upcoming season featuring special guests and a performance by tenor, Lawrence Brownlee, who got his start in Seattle Opera’s young artist program.
The Big Opera Show is hosted by actor, director, and emcee Rebecca M. Davis with performers including Kenneth Kellogg and Karen Vuong. No fee to attend but donations made during the event will allow Seattle Opera to keep singing until it is safe to gather again. Register and view here.
Tenor Jack Swanson was supposed to be doing Rossini s
La Cenerentola in January and February at Houston Grand Opera but those plans like many others were scuttled by COVID-19.
Instead he was offered and accepted the chance to film an HGO Digital installment of
Live at the Cullen, a selection of songs in recital with HGO Director of Artistic Operations and Chorus Master Richard Bado that will begin airing this Friday.
And although he is known for performing works by Rossini and Donizetti, with the exception of one final song by Rossini, Swanson s program decided upon by himself and Bado, will present a variety of music by other composers.