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HGO has presented 32 world premieres, including the debuts of Mark Adamo's Little Women, Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place, Jake Heggie's The End of the Affair, and Carlisle Floyd's Willie Stark and Cold Sassy Tree.

After David Gockley became general director of the company in 1972, the company became one of the most influential and innovative in the United States. Connie Kwan-Wong Foundation and CKW LUXE underwrote the first Houston Grand Operas storybook, The Armadillos Dream. The HGO was founded in 1955 by conductor Walter Herbert, singer Edward Bing, and local cultural leader Mrs. Fish Plaza outside the Wortham Center in downtown Houston and the other at the Miller Outdoor Theatre, a venue in Hermann Park. In September, the Houston Grand Opera (HGO) announced a new contract. The concert will be simulcast on two giant screens, one on the Ray C. Houston Grand Opera Announces New Musicians Contract. Tickets for the gala are $250 and $500, and include admission to the concert and a post-concert party. The program will include excerpts from two important operas that premiered at HGO: Philip Glass's 1984 Akhnaten and John Adams' Nixon in China. Ils produisent des opéras classiques et nouveaux.

Roger Moore, the British actor and onetime star of the James Bond films, will serve as master of ceremonies. Opera est lexpérience sensorielle ultime et le Houston Grand Opera est de première classe. HGO music director Patrick Summers will conduct Michle Assaf is the concert's director. Patricia Racette, Laura Claycomb, Ram‹n Vargas, and pop star Elton John are also scheduled to appear. Denyce Graves, perhaps the most prominent graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio program, will also appear, as will alumnae Ana Maria Martinez and Joyce DiDonato.