Wortham Center, Cullen Theater

Exotique!
With music of Rameau and Lully, our season opening program features French orchestral music for the stage meant to portray exotic foreign lands..
Saturday 10.09.10 at 8 PM + more info

Vivaldi's Montezuma
First performed in 1733 and lost until its rediscovery in 2002, Montezuma is Vivaldi's opera based on the story of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire.
Saturday 11.20.10 at 8 PM + more info

Handel's Messiah - Sing Along
Join Mercury Baroque on the Bach Choir of Houston in a stirring sing along version of Handel's holiday masterpiece.
Friday 12.10.10 at 8 PM + more info

Handel's Messiah - Complete Dublin Version
Mercury Baroque and the Bach Choir of Houston perform the complete, original Dublin version of Handel's Messiah.
Saturday 12.11.10 at 8 PM + more info

8 Seasons
This Valentine's, join Mercury Baroque for an exciting performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and the Four Seasons by Argentinean Tango composer Astor Piazzolla.
Saturday 02.12.11 and Monday 02.14.11 at 8 PM + more info

A Night in Madrid
Italian by birth, Luigi Boccherini lived most of his working life in Spain, having a heavy influence on his music. This program features his famed Fandango for Guitar and Strings and his Symphony 'La Casa del Diavolo'.
Saturday 04.02.11 at 8:00pm + more info

Mozart's Requiem
Mozart's Requiem is one of music's greatest masterpieces. Shrouded in mystery, the Requiem has been a source of controversy and debate for decades. Mercury Baroque will give Houston its debut period instrument performance of the Requiem as well as a String Symphony by Mendelssohn.
Saturday 05.14.11 at 8:00pm + more info