Houston Grand Opera

Wortham Theater Center

The Houston Grand Opera is a classical music and musical theater institution in Houston , USA .

history

The Houston Grand Opera was founded in 1955. Performances were held in Jones Hall from 1966 to 1987 , when a new building was erected, the Wortham Center , named after an important patron of the opera, S. Gus Wortham.

For the inauguration of the new venue, the opera Nixon in China was commissioned, which came from the pen of John Adams .

General Directors

• Walter Herbert (1955–1972)
• R. David Gockley (since 1973)

World premieres

• A Quiet Place by Leonard Bernstein (1983)
• Nixon in China by John Adams (1987)
• New Year by Michael Tippett (1989)
• Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán (1996)