Houston Grand Opera is the fifth-largest opera company in the United States. HGO tours extensively, including trips to Japan, Italy, Egypt and France, and is the only opera company in the U.S. to win a Grammy, a Tony, and an Emmy. The symphony performs more than 200 concerts per year, and regularly tours the U.S. and abroad. The symphony performs classical, pops and education concerts in Jones Hall, and during the summer performs at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and Miller Outdoor Theater. Each season, Society for the Performing Arts brings the world's greatest performing artists and companies to Houston.
Performances serve as a catalyst for the enrichment, growth, and pleasure of Houston audiences.
They range from traditional to contemporary, including orchestras and dance companies, recitalists and solo performers, as well as new art forms and culture-specific attractions. Theatre Under The Stars, the largest non-profit producer of musical theater in America, averages 200 performances annually. Offering revivals of great Broadway classics, musical premieres, national and international tours, and training for tomorrow's musical theater artists, TUTS performs in various venues while awaiting completion of its permanent downtown home, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.