HGO Wins Grammy for Intelligence

Houston Chronicle
February 2026

Houston Grand Opera on Sunday night picked up its third Grammy in its history, taking the award for Best Opera Recording for the HGO-commissioned opera, "Intelligence."

Created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, "Intelligence" was recorded live during the opera's world premiere run at the Wortham Theater Center in fall 2023 and released in August 2025. Both the 2023 production and its recording were led by soprano Janai Brugger and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as the Civil War-era story's pair of unlikely partner spies.

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