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  Great Britten

  By D.L. Groover | Thu, February 09, 2012

  After the storm and fury of Peter Grimes (1945), whose sea-tossed music and psychologically truthful and damaged characters were heralded as a new era in English opera, composer Benjamin Britten, for his next stage work, went toward the simple but... More >

• The Rape of Lucretia: A Timeless "Modern" Opera

  By D.L. Groover | Mon, February 6, 2012

  ​The setup: After the storm and fury of Peter Grimes (1945), whose sea-tossed music and psychologically truthful and damaged characters were heralded as a new era in English opera, composer Ben More >

• Jacques Imbrailo in The Rape of Lucretia

  By Margaret Downing | Fri, February 3, 2012

  ​Jacques Imbrailo, a baritone from South Africa, never intended to be an opera singer. But while working on an undergrad degree in law there, he discovered that he really didn't enjoy it and dec More >

• Houston Grand Opera's La Traviata Never Catches Fire

  By D.L. Groover | Mon, January 30, 2012

  ​The setup: Giuseppe Verdi's operatic masterpiece about life and love in the demimonde of 19th-century Paris, while tastefully sung in HGO's production, never fires up the necessary abandon nor More >

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  Ravi Coltrane Quartet

  By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, January 26, 2012

  Let’s get it out of the way right up front: Yes, Ravi Coltrane is the son of saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Alice Coltrane. Yes, they were both legendary musicians. Yes, by rights, the younger Coltrane could just ride their coattails to fam... More >

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