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Jesse H. Jones Hall. The district, with 19,341 seats for live performances and 1,580 movie seats and is one of only five American cities with permanent professional resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines: the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Ballet, Theatre Under the Stars and The Alley Theatre.
One performance, staged in the Linbury Studio Theatre: Acte de Présence: Frederick Ashton: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 18 October 1984 Ashton created this work for himself and Margot Fonteyn. It was performed at the centennial gala of the Metropolitan Opera House, and at the Royal Opera House during a Gala Tribute to celebrate Ashton's 80th ...
The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England.The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois. [1]
Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada CBE (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban-British ballet director and retired dancer who is director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He danced with many companies, including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He was a permanent member of The Royal Ballet from ...
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ABAI Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Almaty (1934) Baiseitova Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Astana (2000–2012, terminated) Palace of Peace and Reconciliation – Opera Hall, Astana (2006) Shymkent Regional Opera and Ballet Theatre, Shymkent (2007) State Opera and Ballet Theatre, "Astana opera", Astana (2012)
The Wortham Theater Center. Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an American opera company located in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1955 by German-born impresario Walter Herbert and three local Houstonians, [1] the company is resident at the Wortham Theater Center. This theatre is also home to the Houston Ballet.
The Houston Ballet began its residency at the center on September 2, 1987, with Janie Parker and Li Cunxin starring in the world premiere of Ben Stevenson's production of Romeo and Juliet. [4] This was followed by Houston Grand Opera's first season, on October 15, 1987, with Plácido Domingo and Mirella Freni in a production of Verdi's Aida .