Houston Grand Opera presents composer Faye Chiao and librettist Anton Dudley’s company-commissioned opera Katie: The Strongest of the Strong, which made its digital world premiere in 2020. The opera celebrates women’s strength and confidence through the inspiring true story of Austro-American weightlifter Katie (Brumbach) Sandwina, a circus strongwoman who defied expectations in the early 1900s.

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The Discovery Series: Katie The Strongest of the Strong

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

When something isn’t there anymore, what is there instead? Both facing loss, a young tsarina and a peasant boy each seek help from the Baba Yaga—that most mercurial of Old World witches. Their destinies collide in a madcap musical adventure woven from the tapestries of Slavic folklore. With pop-up books full of puppets, original songs from Faye Chiao on piano and Anton Dudley embodying a host of hilarious characters, Baba Yaga and the Firebird blazes a hopeful path through the wilderness of growing up.

Faye Chiao

Events

Upcoming events

9 - 17 Nov, 2024

Baba Yaga and the Firebird · New Victory Theater

Past events

24 - 26 Oct, 2023

The Discovery Series: Katie The Strongest of the Strong · Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

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