Author: Adrienne Jones

Houston Ballet kicked off its season with a breathtaking production of John Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid. This captivating ballet, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s iconic 1837 fairytale, was created in 2005 to celebrate Andersen’s 20oth birthd…

“The inner history of a people is contained in its songs.” — Rabbi Adolf Jellinek (1821 to 1893), chief rabbi of Vienna Neither soaking rains nor even a tornado warning in the afternoon could dampen anyone’s spirit as they poured into Jones Hall …

“Seeing life through the ROCO lens is a great place to be.” – Alecia Lawyer, River Oaks Chamber Orchestra founder, artistic director and principal oboist It’s not everywhere nor every day you come across a thriving professional orchestra still led by i…

Houston Grand Opera’s new 2024-25 season is set to be a music and opera lover’s dream. Verdi’s Il Trovatore, Rossini’s Cinderella, Puccini’s La Bohème, Bernstein’s West Side Story, Mazzoli and Vavrek’s Breaking the Waves and Wagner’s Tannhäuser a…

“Dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang between the worlds.” – Rumi, 13th century poet Bespoke is Houston Ballet’s mixed repertory program (which runs through this Sunday, March 17), showcasing one-act contemporary ba…

Along came a wolf, who knocked at the door and said, ‘Little pig, little pig, let me come in.’ –The Big Bad Wolf in The Three Little Pigs, a 19th century children’s fable “All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players.” That famous …

“One must not trifle with love.” – Alfred de Musset Houston Grand Opera is continuing its season with one of opera’s most lyrical and often-performed works: Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece Madame Butterfly. It is not just the magnificent music that has c…

When we see photographs taken in war, showing the cost of armed conflict on civilian populations, our hearts do not ask about politics. From the outset of the Russian invasion into Ukraine (which started on February 24, 2022), leading Ukrainian war pho…

“Ballet is important and significant – yes. But first of all it is a pleasure.” – George Balanchine Entertainment may not be the first word that comes to mind when thinking about ballet, but Houston Ballet’s mixed-repertory program, cleverly titled “Tu…