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Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an opera company in Houston Texas. It was founded in 1955 by Maestro Walter Herbert and cultural leaders Mrs. Louis G. Lobit, Edward Bing, and Charles Cockrell.〔Giesberg 2005, p. 83〕 HGO's inaugural season featured only two performances of two operas, ''Salome'' (starring Brenda Lewis in the title role) and ''Madame Butterfly'', a modest beginning, but since that time the company has grown into a company of international stature which presents six to eight productions per season. For 33 years, the General Director was David Gockley, who joined the company in 1970, became General Director in 1972, and who remained in the post until taking over the San Francisco Opera in 2006. He was succeeded by Anthony Freud until 2011. Currently, there is no specific post of General Director. With an operating budget of $20 million in the 2010/11 season, HGO has provided a variety of services to the greater Houston area and the Gulf Coast region, and has served over 5 million people annually. Since 1973, as one of the country's principal commissioners and producers of new works, HGO has staged 43 world premieres and six American premieres. The company has received a Tony Award, two Grammy Awards, and two Emmy Awards—the only opera company in the world to have won all three honors.〔Giesberg 2005, p. 85 and p. 177〕 Cohle Smith ==The structure of the company== As of August 1, 2011, the HGO Association has a 34-member Board of Directors, chaired by Beth Madison, one honorary director, and 131 Trustees. The opera employs over 1,000 people annually, 120 of whom are full-time staff. When Anthony Freud, OBE, the company's second General Director from 2005–2011 resigned at the end of the 2010–11 season to assume leadership of Lyric Opera of Chicago,〔(Anthony Freud moves to Chicago )〕 the Board appointed Patrick Summers as Artistic and Music Director, occupying the Margaret Alkek Williams Chair. At the same time, Perryn Leech was named Managing Director. The permanent artistic elements are the HGO Orchestra, the HGO Chorus, and the HGO Studio. During Patrick Summers’ thirteen years with the company, the HGO Orchestra added many masterworks to its repertoire, while the HGO Chorus, which was created in 1955, has become one of the world's most acclaimed opera choruses under the direction of Chorus Master Richard Bado.〔Giesberg 2005, p. 175〕 As an example, HGO's 2011–2012 season consisted of 31 performances of six mainstage productions which ranged from ''The Barber of Seville'' through ''Maria Stuarda'' and ''La traviata'' to Verdi's ''Don Carlos'' in the Italian repertoire, as well including ''Fidelio'' and ''The Rape of Lucretia''.〔(HGO's 2011-12 season )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Houston Grand Opera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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