MET Opera’s weekly Saturday matinees can be streamed “live” on the MET Opera’s site.
Lyric Opera has free podcasts available on their website.
Other WFMT American Radio Opera links can be found on their homepage.
Houston Matters
Taylor Mac On Retelling American History Through Its Popular Music
Posted on · The award-winning performance artist created an epic, 24-hour concert, called "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music."
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Get Up Close With Bernadette Peters And Discover Houston’s Early Music Scene
Posted on · Bernadette Peters chats about her life and career. Plus, a harpsichordist, bassist and gambist stop by to talk about the Houston Early Music Festival.
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MECA Presents Its 19th Annual Día De Los Muertos Festival And Broadway’s “Cats” Prowl Into Houston
Posted on · Learn about traditions associated with the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead. Plus, go “backstage” with a couple of cool cats.
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Alley Theatre’s “Vietgone” Remixes History And Culture, Plus Houston Fringe Festival Puts Non-Traditional Performing Artists Centerstage
Posted on · The director of “Vietgone” shares insights about the play and her own immigrant experience, and the Houston Fringe Festival showcases intimate, boundary-breaking works by independent artists.
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Opera On Tap Serves Arias In Pubs And TUTS Presents A New “Spring Awakening”
Posted on · Learn about a local grassroots effort to share the love of opera. Plus, meet a cast member of one of Broadway's most successful rock musicals.
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Meet Houston Symphony’s New Concertmaster Yoonshin Song And Go Behind-The-Scenes Of Music Box Theater With Rebekah Dahl
Posted on · The concertmaster shares stories about her childhood and a musical “prank” that she sometimes pulls. Plus, a local theater company offers cabaret and comedy by Houstonians for Houstonians.
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Live From Theater District Open House!
Posted on · The annual Open House marks the official start of the city’s performing arts season, and “Unwrap Your Candies Now” was there to find out what operas, symphonies, ballets, chamber music, jazz, plays and Broadway musicals are in store for Houston audiences.
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Houston Chamber Choir Presents Major Choral Work Based On Anne Frank’s Diary And “Othello: The Remix” Reimagines Shakespeare As Hip Hop
Posted on · The Houston Chamber Choir lends their voices to honor Anne Frank’s story at the newly-expanded Holocaust Museum Houston. Plus, Obsidian Theater tells Shakespeare’s tragedy in rap.
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‘80s Icon Martha Davis Comes To Houston And Theater District Open House Marks 2-Year Anniversary Of Harvey
Posted on · A legendary new wave singer-songwriter talks about her life and career, and this year’s festival to celebrate the new performing arts season offers lots of free activities, no construction and free parking.
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World Doctors Orchestra Makes Houston Debut And “Rent” Celebrates Major Anniversary
Posted on · Music meets medicine, and stars of a Tony Award-winning rock musical stop by the studio.
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UYCN Welcomes The Newest “Debbie” From The Doyle And Debbie Show, And ROCO Releases A New CD
Posted on · Actress Chelsea Ryan McCurdy shares tales from her newest show at STAGES Repertory Theatre with Ernie, and Catherine Lu learns about the CD that Hurricane Harvey couldn't stop.
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There’s A New “Mikado” In Town And Houston’s Blues Legacy Lives On
Posted on · The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston puts a twist on a classic operetta, and the Houston Blues Museum finds a new home for the music and memories of the city’s blues legends.
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TUTS’ “Seussical” Is A Summer Party, Celebration of Houston And New Community Initiative Rolled Into One
Posted on · Theatre Under the Stars’ summer production hopes to touch lives, entertain families and transform the community through musical theatre.
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“Aladdin” The Musical Comes To The Hobby Center And High School Composers Write Electronic Music Inspired By Visual Art
Posted on · Meet “Genie” and “Jafar” from the hit Broadway musical “Aladdin,” and hear about a collaboration between young musicians and a local artist collective that blends sight, sound and technology.
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Apollo Chamber Players Celebrate Apollo 11 And DeQuina Moore Stars in The Ensemble Theater’s “Josephine Tonight”
Posted on · A local string quartet heads to NASA to perform a piece that will be sent to the moon, and a Houston native-turned-Broadway star transforms into showbiz legend Josephine Baker.