Breaking the Waves | Wortham Theater Center, Houston, TX Tickets 2024
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Houston finally gets its chance to see Breaking the Waves, the critically acclaimed contemporary opera from sought-after composer-and-librettist team Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek, which made its world premiere in 2016. Adapted from the art film by Lars von Trier, the story transports audiences to 1970s Scotland, where the impressionable young Bess, part of a strict Calvinist community, wins permission to marry an outsider—the offshore oil rigge...

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5 dates (19 Apr - 4 May)

Apr

19

Sat

ellipse

7:30 pm

Wortham Theater Center

Houston, TX, United States

Tickets available

Apr

26

Sat

ellipse

7:30 pm

Wortham Theater Center

Houston, TX, United States

Tickets available

Apr

30

Wed

ellipse

7:30 pm

Wortham Theater Center

Houston, TX, United States

Tickets available

May

2

Fri

ellipse

7:30 pm

Wortham Theater Center

Houston, TX, United States

Tickets available

May

4

Sun

ellipse

2:00 pm

Wortham Theater Center

Houston, TX, United States

Tickets available

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