Houston Matters
Previewing the rodeo (Feb. 24, 2023)
Posted on · On Friday's show: We preview the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which gets underway next week. And we discuss the state of grocery stores in the area.
Tag: opera
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2440: Sulzer and Taste
Posted on · Episode: 2440 Johannes Georg Sulzer, and two views of the word taste. Today, taste in the mind and taste on the tongue.
Town Square
Houston Grand Opera’s “El Milagro del Recuerdo”; plus, the growth of women’s roles in the opera industry
Posted on · The efforts to create more female opportunities in predominately male-held positions in the industry.
I SEE U
I SEE U, Episode 3: The Tulsa Opera[tion] [Encore]
Posted on · Acclaimed composer talks candidly about the opera industry with the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot as a backdrop. This episode is an encore of the June 3rd, 2021 original broadcast to commemorate the anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre.
Houston Matters
Vaccine mandate ban, & the week in politics (Oct. 13, 2021)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: Businesses push back on the governor's latest executive order, the latest developments in politics, examining the future of downtown, and poet Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton on writing opera.
Houston Matters
Texas Travelers Required To Quarantine, And No More Spitting In Baseball: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Houston Matters
Boris Yeltsin’s 1989 Visit To A Houston Grocery Store Is Now An Opera
Posted on · "Yeltsin in Texas" is a mostly absurd reflection on the day the future Russian president visited a Randall's in Clear Lake and the role that moment played in ending communism.
Houston Matters
Acclaimed Tenor Returns To Houston Grand Opera For First-Time Performance
Posted on · Larry Brownlee discusses his role in HGO's premiere of Gaetano Donizetti’s 'La Favorite.'
Houston Matters
Wednesday’s Show: Houston’s Air Pollution Problem, And Protecting Yourself In The Gig Economy (Jan. 29, 2020)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: New data on our air pollution problem, our weekly political roundup, protecting your work in the gig economy, and tenor Larry Brownlee.
Houston Matters
Wednesday’s Show: Election Wrap Up, Hidden Gem Restaurants (Nov. 6, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: Election results and analysis, food writers' favorite hidden gem restaurants, and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
Houston Matters
Resurrecting The Man Behind Some Of The World’s Most Famous Operas
Posted on · The world premiere of The Phoenix at Houston Grand Opera chronicles the many rises and falls of librettist Lorenzo da Ponte.
News
Full Show: Bidding War For Anadarko, And Ageism In Politics (April 24, 2019)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: A bidding war for Anadarko, our weekly political roundup, the age of political candidates, and HGO's world premiere of The Phoenix.
Houston Matters
‘Lolly Willowes’ Production Pulls The Orchestra Out Of The Pit
Posted on · A musical adaptation of the early feminist novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner immerses members of the orchestra into the action on stage.
Classical Classroom
Classical Classroom, Episode 196: Joyce DiDonato – When Musical Worlds Collide
Posted on · Baroque + jazz = ???
Classical Classroom
Classical Classroom, Episode 194: Mason Bates on the Opera-fication of Steve Jobs
Posted on · The (r)evolution will be opera-ized.