A desperate crowd in a hardscrabble village is a central point of Dame Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers at HGO. Credit: Photo by Michael Bishop The last time America heard an Ethel Smyth opera was at NYC’s ...

The setting is an isolated and poor seaside village in Cornwall whose residents eke out a meager existence through the goods they retrieve from any shipwrecks that come their way. Rather than count on ...

Dame Ethel Smyth’s epic 1906 opera The Wreckers gets its first-ever full-scale production from a major American opera company. This must-see new production stars Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano ...

Khori Dastoor had her eye on “The Wreckers” some time before she took over as Houston Grand Opera’s general director and CEO in August 2021. Part of her interviewing process was to plot out potential ...

Despite being one of the world's great operas, The Wreckers was neglected for over a century after its premiere, as the world wasn't ready for a woman composer-much less a feminist, suffragist ...

A magical world premiere at San Diego Opera imagines Frida Kahlo reuniting with her husband, Diego Rivera, from beyond the grave; composer Ethel Smyth’s 1906 work, in a fusty revival at Houston Grand ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In the early 20th century, Smyth was probably the most famous female composer of her generation, but her music fell out of the repertoire.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Friday night is the opening night of The Wreckers, the latest production by the Houston Grand Opera. This will also be the first full-scale production of the show from a major ...