May Soiree. Performance celebration of the new performance space, Divergence Music & Arts at Spring Street Studios in the Lower Washington Arts District, Houston, Texas. Misha Penton, artistic director and proprietress. Opening of Divergence Music & Arts, May 21, 2011
Read MoreVoix et Harpe, French art song, poetry and dance. Misha Penton, soprano, concept, artistic director, translations. Meg Brooker, dancer and choreographer. Joanna Elliot Whitsett, harp. Miranda Carol Morris, actor. January 11, 2011 Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Read MoreMisha Penton, soprano, concept, director. An ethereal eve of contemporary art song in English, piano pieces & harp works; with sitar music and butoh inspired dance; original soliloquies weave through music, multimedia & shadow play. Music of Dominick Argento, Benjamin Britten, Jake Heggie, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ned Rorem, Lee Hoiby, Samuel Barber, and more. October 2, 2009
Read MoreMisha Penton, soprano, concept, director. Singers: Alison Greene, Michael Walsh, Shelley Auer, Dennis Arrowsmith, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Eileen. Kade Smith, with Stephen W. Jones, piano. Scenes from the 19th century operas Les Troyens and Sapho, with original poetry and dance. March 20, 2009
Read MoreMurder and Mayhem in Ancient Rome. Misha Penton, soprano, concept, director. A scorned woman, a love quadrangle, and assassins afoot. A theatrical fusion of scenes from Claudio Monteverdi’s opera, L’incoronazione di Poppeaand the play, Octavia, attributed to Seneca; with piano works of Bach and Rameau. November 15, 2008
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