Archive for the 'Opera' Category


Hurricane Ike

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Ike Effect @ Montrose, originally uploaded by P3t3rT.
This is right down the street from my place in Houston. We don’t really know how serious Hurricane Ike going to be tonight, but Abby and I evacuated north with a few friends and are having a movie marathon. We’ll see how long we have [...]

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Summer 2008 - A Photo/Video Essay

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

First, the summer began with Houston Grand Opera’s “Opera to Go!” performances of Sleeping Beauty. Our three-and-a-half month run of shows ended mid-June.
Photo set of production photos
YouTube video

On June 8, I put together a service of music at my church, Ecclesia. It was great to be able to lead in worship there. [...]

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Livingston Fun

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

The cast of Sleeping Beauty (Houston Grand Opera’s “Opera to Go!“) drove a little further than normal last Friday to perform for the Mayberry-like town of Livingston, Texas. We really enjoyed our visit to Livingston and were received great responses from children and teachers alike.

One unique opportunity was to perform for a small group [...]

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The Sleeping Beauty Awakens!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Yesterday was the very first day of performances for Sleeping Beauty with Houston Grand Opera’s Opera to Go! program. The OTG company has been in rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty for a couple weeks and have been working very hard, but the show has presented its set of challenges for music and staging, so we [...]

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Doppelganger

Friday, February 29th, 2008

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DSC03699, originally uploaded by Behold How Free.
My Italian Prince puppet for “Sleeping Beauty.” He’s kind of creepy, huh?

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Rehearsals

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

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dennis with his baby, originally uploaded by Behold How Free.
Houston Grand Opera “Opera to Go!” is in the thick of rehearsals now for our adaptation of “Sleeping Beauty.” [...]

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Cafe Brasil: Take 3

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Last night Opera Vista hosted its third event at Montrose’s Cafe Brasil. It was a cabaret night featuring the music of Kurt Weill.
We have been really excited about this event and felt like it would be a real treat for the audience. Unfortunately, Mother Nature wanted to make things a little difficult - [...]

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Opera and Ballet Together!

Friday, November 30th, 2007

“Amahl and the Nights Visitors”
Coming Soon!
December 15 and 16
More info here

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MasterWorks Video

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

It’s kind of funny to happen upon a video of yourself on YouTube! This is a promo video from the MasterWorks Festival, which I attended the summers of 2002 and 2004. My image (as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni) suddenly appears in this video at 0:56!

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So true. So very true.

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

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