For those awaiting late seating, the performance may be viewed on monitors in the Green Room.Ī City of Houston ordinance forbids smoking in public buildings, including Wortham Center. Late seating is allowed only at designated intervals. Ushers can answer questions about this.Įvery effort is made to begin performances on time. Beverages are sometimes allowed in the theater for other performances.
Food and beverages are not permitted inside the theater during Houston Ballet and Houston Grand Opera performances. The theaters are generally opened 30 minutes before curtain.Ī variety of food and beverages are available in the lobby before performances and during intermission. Street-level entrances provide access to the main lobby from Texas Avenue and Prairie Street.
The lobby doors are opened 90 minutes before Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera and Society for the Performing Arts events. The emergency phone number is 832.487.7033. The caller must provide your name and seat location (theater, section, row and seat) so that an usher can notify you of the call. This performance will not be livestreamed.
Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s operatic adaptation of the genre-defining Frank Capra film of the same name, It’s a Wonderful Life will transport you to the idyllic little town of Bedford Falls, where it’s a white Christmas – though not everything is merry and bright.ĭown-on-his-luck banker George Bailey (Frederick Ballentine) feels like life has passed him by, so when his guardian angel (Danielle de Niese) pays him a visit, George is shown what life in his beloved Bedford Falls would be like without him in it: maybe it’d be a little less wonderful after all?Īletta Collins makes her ENO debut directing and choreographing, with regular Heggie collaborator Nicole Paiement conducting the ENO Chorus and Orchestra alongside the all-star cast, which includes Gweneth Ann Rand, Jennifer France, Michael Mayes and more.Ĭreate a new holiday tradition, book your opera tickets to Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s It’s a Wonderful Life.īased on the 1946 Frank Capra movie of the same name (by permission of Paramount Licensing Inc.) and “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren Stern.Ĭommissioned by the Houston Grand Opera with Co-Commissioners San Francisco Opera and the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.In order to find you quickly in an emergency, leave your seat location with your care-givers. Produced by Houston Grand Opera Tickets will be available here starting May 20 at 10:00 AM For assistance with handicap accessible seating, please call the box office in advance.
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