Schedule
Tucker: The Stranger's Tale
First Coast Opera presents Curt Tucker’s The Stranger’s Tale.
Eric Laine as Jay
May 17, 1:00 PM
May 18, TBA
May 19, 4:00 PM
An Afternoon at the Opera
Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra presents a program of classic opera arias and ensembles.
Eric Laine, tenor soloist
DMA Lecture Recital: Reframing the Puerto Rican Art Song
Eric Laine presents his doctoral lecture recital on the art song repertoire of Roberto Sierra.
Free admission
Bruckner: Te Deum
Houston Masterworks Chorus opens their 2023-2024 concert season with “Te Deum Unfolding,” featuring Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum.
Eric Laine, tenor soloist
Durón & Navas: Apolo y Dafne
Orchestra of New Spain presents Apolo y Dafne, a Spanish Baroque operetta by Sebastián Durón and Juan de Navas.
Sung in Spanish with English supertitles
Eric Laine as Joante
May 12, 7:30 PM
May 13, 3:00 PM
Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi
Harmonia Stellarum Houston presents Claudio Monteverdi’s eighth book of madrigals, Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi.
Eric Laine, ensemble and tenor soloist
Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi
Harmonia Stellarum Houston presents Claudio Monteverdi’s eighth book of madrigals, Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi.
Eric Laine, ensemble and tenor soloist
The Dallas Opera Guild Lonestar Vocal Competition
Eric Laine competes in the semi-final round of the 2023 Dallas Opera Guild Lonestar Vocal Competition, offering arias from Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, and Handel’s Ariodante, and Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
7th Annual Opera Ithaca Competition
Eric Laine competes in the final round of the 7th Annual Edward M. Murray International Competition of Voice (Opera Ithaca), offering arias from Bizet’s Les pêcheurs de perles, Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge, Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, Handel’s Ariodante, and Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
Paterson: Spring Songs
AURA Contemporary Ensemble presents works by Robert Paterson, including Spring Songs (2019) for tenor and instrumental sextet.
Eric Laine, tenor soloist
J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantata
Mercury Chamber Orchestra presents J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata, along with works by Corelli and Telemann.
Eric Laine, tenor soloist
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Moores Opera Center presents Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus.
Sung in German with English dialogue
Eric Laine as Alfred
January 26, 27, 28, 7:30 PM
January 29, 2:00 PM
DMA Chamber Recital: La Bonne Chanson
Eric Laine presents his third DMA recital at the Moores School of Music, featuring works by Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Fauré, and Rossini.
R. Schumann: Dichterliebe
Eric Laine performs Robert Schumann’s beloved song cycle, Dichterliebe, as part of Timothy Smale’s MM collaborative piano recital at the Moores School of Music.
Camille Coloratura Awards
Eric Laine competes in the semi-final round of the 2022 Camille Coloratura Awards, offering selections by Händel, Britten, Mozart, and Strozzi.
Schütz & de Monte
Harmonia Stellarum Houston presents Heinrich Schütz’ Musikaliche Exequien and Philippe de Monte’s Missa de Requiem.
The performance is dedicated to the memory of the victims of 9/11.
Eric Laine, ensemble and tenor soloist
Händel: Ariodante
Opera Neo presents George Frideric Händel’s Ariodante.
Eric Laine as Odoardo
August 12 & 13, 7:30 PM
Mozart: La finta giardiniera
Opera Neo presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s La finta giardiniera in co-production with the Hungarian State Opera.
Eric Laine as Il Podestà
August 5 & 6, 7:30 PM
Cabaret
The 2022 Opera Neo Young Artists present a light-hearted evening of opera and musical theater scenes, with dinner buffet, desserts, and wine.
Eric Laine performing favorites from Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Fledermaus, Les Misérables, Into the Woods, and more!
July 22 & 23, 7:30 PM
Aria Gala
The 2022 Opera Neo Young Artists present a gala performance, followed by hors d'oeuvres, wine, and dessert.
Mozart: La finta giardiniera
Hungarian State Opera presents Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s La finta giardiniera.
Eric Laine as Il Podestà
J.S. Bach: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Mercury Chamber Orchestra presents Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, along with several other masterpieces from the Baroque period.
Eric Laine, tenor soloist
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Eric Laine, tenor soloist
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
UNT Opera Theatre presents Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia.
Eric Laine as Male Chorus
April 22, 7:30 PM
April 24, 3:00 PM
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Moores Opera Center presents Bedřich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride.
Eric Laine as Vašek
April 9 & 11, 7:30 PM