Prospero | Opera in Texas

Houston, we have mariachi

How one opera house is changing to appeal to a new audience

By E.H.B.

HOUSTON: oil city, NASA base…opera hub? Not long ago, the notion might have seemed outlandish. But the city's opera house, Houston Grand Opera (or HGO, as it's commonly known), is about to stage Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, the rite of passage for any serious opera company. And in a development with potentially longer-term implications, it’s attracting ethnic minorities to its performances.

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