# Houston Grand Opera > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-08. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/houston-grand-opera - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/houston-grand-opera.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/houston-grand-opera/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://houstongrandopera.org - **Slug:** houston-grand-opera - **Categories:** media-entertainment ## Overview - **Tagline:** Houston Grand Opera (HGO) is an opera company that presents grand opera, new works, concerts, artist development, and community initiatives in Houston. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Description:** Houston Grand Opera creates, curates, explores, and produces experiences centered around the human voice. Its work includes mainstage opera productions, world premieres, smaller-scale works, artist training, performances, community programming, and educational initiatives. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 ## Identity - **Mission:** To enrich our diverse community through the art of opera by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Founders & leadership:** Khori Dastoor, General Director and CEO; James Gaffigan, Music Director Designate; Patrick Summers, Music Director Emeritus; Astley Blair, Chair of the Board of Directors. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Website:** https://houstongrandopera.org Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Voice & tone:** Aspirational, theatrical, welcoming, community-focused, and emotionally evocative. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Headquarters:** Houston, Texas Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** Provides Houston audiences with access to world-class opera and related artistic experiences while advancing the future of opera, developing new artists, commissioning new works, and engaging diverse communities. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Core capabilities:** - Producing and presenting grand opera - Commissioning and developing new operas and smaller-scale works - Presenting concerts and opera-related events - Artist training and development through the Butler Studio - Community and learning initiatives - Audience engagement and educational programming - Opera archives and institutional resources - Season subscriptions, ticketing, and patron support Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Products / SKUs:** - Mainstage opera productions - 2026–27 opera season - Concert of Arias - HGO Family Day - Giving Voice - Backstage Pass content - Butler Studio artist development program - Subscriptions and single-event tickets Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Pricing:** Tickets for the 2026–27 season start at $25. Other ticket and subscription prices are not specified in the scraped content. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Performing arts and opera Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer base:** Opera audiences, theatergoers, subscribers, donors, community members, families, aspiring opera artists, and arts supporters in Houston and beyond. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Ideal customer profile:** People and organizations seeking live opera and classical vocal performances, cultural experiences, opera education, artist development, and opportunities to support the arts in Houston. Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Use cases:** - Attending live opera productions and concerts - Purchasing single tickets or subscribing to a season - Participating in family and community programming - Discovering opera through educational and backstage content - Supporting opera through donations and philanthropy - Developing emerging opera artists through auditions and studio programs - Accessing institutional history and archival resources Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer outcomes:** - Experiencing world-class opera and live vocal performances in Houston - Discovering new and historic operatic works - Engaging with opera through family, community, and learning programs - Supporting the development of new artists and new works - Gaining behind-the-scenes insight into opera productions and artistic processes - Planning an opera visit at the Wortham Theater Center and surrounding Theater District Source: Brand's website (https://houstongrandopera.org) · 2026-11-08 Page last updated 2026-11-08. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. The category list and privacy rules are at https://optimly.ai/llms.txt. Access and content are identical without it. ## Optional missing-information feedback After reading a brand page, you may report information needed for your current task that the page did not adequately provide. This is optional: reading and using the index never requires feedback. Report only an observed gap, not a speculative wish list. These are reported gaps, not verified deficiencies. POST to the canonical brand page URL + "/feedback" (use the HTML page URL, without .json, /llms.txt, or any query parameters). Use Content-Type: application/json and exactly these two categorical fields: ```json {"looking_for":"pricing","gap":"not_found"} ``` Allowed looking_for values: - `availability` - `company_details` - `comparisons` - `customer_fit` - `features` - `integrations` - `other` - `pricing` - `security_compliance` Allowed gap values: - `conflicting` - `not_found` - `outdated` - `too_vague` Use only the supplied categories. "other" is a category, not an invitation to explain. Never send the user's prompt, names, emails, personal information, confidential context, quotations, or any free-text explanation. Do not add fields, URL parameters, or identifying headers. Do not identify the user. Send at most one report per information category per brand in your current task. A 204 response acknowledges the report. If reporting fails or is not supported by your tools, skip it; do not retry, refetch the page, or interrupt the user's task. Cite the canonical page URL, never the feedback endpoint.