Houston Press Honors Artistic Director Viswa Subbaraman
Posted February 2nd, 2012
Opera Vista is proud to announce that Viswa Subbaraman has been named by Houston Press as one of Houston's most creative people!
"When Viswa Subbaraman was an undergraduate at Duke University, he had no idea where he would end up. He had played trombone and violin, but music as a career to him did not seem like an option. He had come from a family of doctors and was planning on becoming one himself -- that was, until his sophomore year. It was while studying abroad in Vienna that he realized that his passion was music and that he wanted to be a conductor.
Today, only a little more than a decade later, he is the Artistic Director and founder of Opera Vista, a company he has been running in Houston for the last five years. He says that the mission of Opera Vista is to make opera more accessible to our generation and t o make opera a lot more fun."
Read the full article here
Opera 101 Friday Night, “From the Singer’s Perspective”
Posted February 1st, 2012
Friday, February 3rd
8-10pm
Last month audience members learned about the conductor's role in an opera...this month we will focus on the singer's perspective! They make it look so easy, but what do they actually do to prepare? How do they approach a new role? Join us to find out the answers to these questions all while the wonderful staff at Boheme keep your glasses full!
Each month, Opera Vista will introduce you to a new facet of the world of opera. Presented by our founder and artistic director Viswa Subbaraman, we will be exploring the many shadings and variations that make opera such an intriguing art form.
If you have any questions about this event or Opera Vista please address them to Jen at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
We hope to see you there!
Powder Her Face Receives Glowing Reviews!
Posted December 6th, 2011
“Maestro and Opera Vista's artistic director Viswa Subbaraman pulled out all the stops for this work, and the four singers, who, except for the Duchess, double and triple up as other characters, were exceptionally good. This is terribly complicated music -- what with its fishing reels and bowls of water and other effects -- but Subbaraman made it all sound easy, drawing out the score with a lover's rapt attention.”
-Houston Press
“If you want to witness great singing and acting, if you want to hear the epitome of the post-modern aesthetic in very late 20th century opera, this performance is for you.”
-culturemap
"The fifth anniversary season for Hous- ton’s contemporary opera troupe, Opera Vista (OV), has surely been full of mixed emotions for founder and artistic direc- tor Viswa Subbaraman. After opening the season for an audience of 300–500 at Bayou Bend with a troublesome production of the rarely produced opera “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Philip Glass, Subbaraman and his company set a new standard for themselves as they turned out the best performance in their short history with the recent Houston premiere of Thomas Adés’ controversial opera “Powder Her Face” at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall."
-Arts and Culture Houston
Powder Her Face
Posted October 30th, 2011
We are pleased to announce that tickets are now available for our performance of Thomas Adès Powder Her Face.
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Thursday November 10th @ 8pm
Friday November 11th @ 8pm
Zilkha Hall
The Hobby Center
800 Bagby
Houston, TX 77002
Thomas Ades’ Powder her Face is considered one of the most controversial operas of the past two decades. Detailing the marriage and subsequent divorce of the Duchess of Argyll, the story begins on the cusp of the duchess’s eviction from the hotel room she’s called home for the past two decades and follows her from a life of grandeur to a life of penniless obscurity. While considered quite a risqué opera, both my and Sandra Bernhard’s interpretation of the piece really tries to show the sadness surrounding the Duchess as people abandon her one by one.
To purchase tickets please visit the Hobby Center's website:
http://www.thehobbycenter.org/?q=node/873
Cast and Production Staff
The Duchess - Cassandra Black
The Maid - Kelly Waguespack
The Electrician - Ben Robinson
The Hotel Manager - Kyle Albertson
Artistic Director and Conductor: Viswa Subbaraman
Stage Director: Sandra Bernhard
Stage Manager: Debs Ramser
Costumer: Fran Wygant
Interns: Alex Lawler and Jen Barnes
Photo by Shannon Langman, courtesy of www.ShannonLangmanPhotography.com
OPERA VISTA and PROHIBITION PRESENT
Posted October 7th, 2011
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The Dirty Duchess Party
Thursday, October 20, 2011
5175 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77056 (Google Map)
Help us celebrate Opera Vista's Fifth Anniversary and the kick-off of OV's next production: Thomas Ades' Powder Her Face. A portion of the proceeds will go towards Opera Vista.
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