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The Houston Grand Opera Studio presents Recitals at Rienzi. Intimate evenings of art and song: the artists of the Houston Grand Opera Studio in recital at Rienzi, the European Decorative Arts wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Our popular Rienzi recital series, featuring artists of Houston Grand Opera Studio, is back for 2008-09. Each recital will be performed twice.

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 19-20, - 7:30PM
Schedule program: An Evening of Goethe"

Jamie Barton, Maria Markina, and Faith Sherman, mezzo-sopranos
James J. Kee, baritone
David Hanlon, Stephen Hopkins, and Joseph Li, pianists

The Unseen Bond
Ganymed Franz Schubert
Am Schwager Kronos
Geheimes
Rastlose Liebe

Des Pudels Kern
Perduta ho la pace Giuseppe Verdi
Song of the Flea Modest Mussorgsky

Solitude and Loneliness
In The Woods Edward MacDowell
Ilmenau Charles Ives
Mignon und der Harfner Franz Schubert

My Secret is my Duty
Mignonlieder Hugo Wolf

This year Rienzi continues its collaboration with the Houston Grand Opera Studio to present evening recitals in Rienzi´s intimate Ballroom. A wine and hors d´oeuvres reception follows the performance. Doors open at 6:30pm for viewing of the house.

The recitals begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held at Rienzi, the European decorative arts wing of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, located at 1406 Kirby. For information or to purchase tickets, please call Rienzi at 713-639-7800.

All performances take place at Rienzi, 1406 Kirby Drive, Houston TX