Magic and music join forces in Andy Pape’s eight-scene Houdini the Great. Bayou Bend’s beautiful Diana Garden serves as the lush background to this year’s Opera Under the Stars offering. Houdini the ...

Opera Vista brings new operas from young and upcoming composers to Houston—and then puts them in competition for audience votes, American Idol-style. Check out the seven operas in the semifinals on ...

"The magic of opera" is a well-worn phrase - a cliché of advertising brochures. But Opera Vista has found a way to literally make opera magical, with the Houston-based company's annual production at ...

The year has been tough for Opera Vista. It had to cancel its spring festival of new works when it lost rehearsal space due to double-booking. This week, the company scrambled to find space that had ...