Opening night of #Opera season at #HoustonGrandOpera

#Houston

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdBoaJ5GN_4

This story is worth watching in its entirety.

The Houston Chronicle has an article that gives a little more context to Aryana Rose’s incredible story.

“What really spoke to me is that a lot of people told me they cried,” Rose said. “If you cry, that means it’s triggering something from your own past, which probably needed to be released. In that case, I’m honored that my story could have served that purpose, to help them heal in some way.”

Curiously, the Houston Grand Opera has turned this story into an opera:

https://joelencioni.com/links/a-love-not-meant-for-me/

#AryanaRose #HoustonChronicle #HoustonGrandOpera #love #opera #storytelling #TheMoth

A new opera celebrates two hidden figures of Civil War history

Jake Heggie’s opera Intelligence, premiering at Houston Grand Opera, dramatizes the stories of two women who acted as spies for the Union.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2023/10/19/467112/a-new-opera-celebrates-two-hidden-figures-of-civil-war-history/

#GeneScheer #houstonGrandOpera #intelligence #JakeHeggie #JamieBarton #JanaiBrugger #JawoleWillaJoZollar #MichaelMayes #worldPremiere

Mayoral debate preview (Oct. 19, 2023)

On Thursday’s show: We preview tonight’s mayoral debate and continue our series of election interviews with Robert Gallegos, who’s one of the candidates running.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2023/10/19/466549/mayoral-debate-preview-oct-19-2023/

#candidateInterview #candidateInterviews #cityPolitics #civilWar #houstonGrandOpera #HoustonMayorSRace #intelligence #JakeHeggie #mayorSRace #opera #politics #RobertGallegos

Voter survey results (Oct. 18, 2023)

On Wednesday’s show: A new survey reveals the issues Houston voters are concerned about and asks whether residents have considered leaving the area and why. And Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee answers questions about her run for Houston mayor.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2023/10/18/466546/the-week-in-politics-oct-18-2023/

#candidateInterviews #houstonGrandOpera #HoustonMayorSRace #HoustonMayoralRace #PoliticalRoundup #politics #sheilaJacksonLee #voterSurvey