Time is running away from us, and we’re trying to catch up …. Please help us make the concert by the Gewandhaus Orchestra a rousing success. Thank you to all, who have already given, but we still need donations; even small sums can help! Click the “Please Help . . .” button at the upper […]
Otello! – Cosí Fan Tutte! – A Christmas Carol! – Madame Butterfly! – The Magic Flute! – Die Walküre! – Sweeney Todd! Are you a Puccini or Verdi fan? Or do you prefer Mozart or Wagner? Do you like your music a bit more modern, as from Stephen Sondheim or Iain Bell? In any case, […]
Our May meeting is coming up in our regular venue next Thursday, May 15, 2014, in the Parish Hall at Christ the King Lutheran Church. Previously I had already indicated that we will deal with money matters. The timing is perfect. Are you familiar with Thomas Piketty’s “Capital”? Just published in English about two months […]
Dr. John Hund, international finance and economics professor from Rice University with an impressive CV both in the banking and academic world, as well as think tanks, will give us the scoop with his talk: “Looking-glass Economics: The Vices of Saving and Wealth” on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall […]
We had a wonderful pre-performance event at Das Rheingold on Wednesday, and the Houston Grand Opera is now making an exciting offer to Houston-Leipzig members and friends for two performances of Carmen, on May 4 and on May 8, for 15% off the ticket price. Be sure to use promo code 4406 to get the […]
Wagner’s Das Rheingold was pure gold on opening weekend at Houston Grand Opera! Critics call Das Rheingold “utterly enthralling”! Do join us on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, for a fabulous offering by the Houston Grand Opera! Das Rheingold starts Houston on the journey of Richard Wagner’s ring cycle, with Die Walkuere, Siegfried, and Goetterdaemmerung to […]
The journey begins . . . Listen to a few bars of Wagner and watch a clip of the Entrance of the Giants – your heart starts pounding, your pulse races – it’s better than the movies – you have never seen anything like this on a stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhjuzEsgUQk&feature=youtu.be After our most successful backstage visit […]
Did you know that due to exposure while fighting fires, the rate of mesothelioma in fire fighters is two times greater than the rate in the U.S. population? Let us all support the Benefit Chamber Concert for the Rotary Fire Fighters Home on Thursday, March 13, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran […]
Do you know that we in Houston are blessed with an extraordinarily outstanding opera? Less than a handful of cities in the United States can claim a world-renown opera company; there are the Met in New York, the Lyric Opera in Chicago, the San Francisco Opera, and then there is the Houston Grand Opera – […]
Dear Members and Friends of Houston-Leipzig, a busy and interesting year comes to an end. Under the leadership of our 2013 President Dr. Ute Eisele we participated in some outstanding and true highlights; I mention only our 20th anniversary celebration in September and the visit of the St. Thomas Boys Choir last month. Next year […]
