Jourdan Laine wins national directing award for LA VOIX HUMAINE

Productions

2025/2026 Season

April 28 2026, director

Sounds of America: From Score to Stage

UT San Antonio Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Theatre of UT San Antonio come together for one night to celebrate the sounds of the United States of America.

April 11 & 12 2026, director

The Three Feathers

A Magical Fairytale opera for all ages, featuring singers from Lyric Theatre of UT San Antonio. Composed by Lori Laitman with words by Dana Gioia, The Three Feathers takes the audience on a fantastical journey to the Underworld as three princesses fight for the crown.

October 21 & 23 2025, director

El Grumete and El Gato con Botas

A double bill of Montsalvatge's EL GATO CON BOTAS paired with Arrieta's EL GRUMETE for UNCG Opera Theatre in Greensboro, North Carolina.

2024/2025 Season

March 5 & 6 2025, librettist, premiere

Women on the Line (premiere)

Premiere of this piece by Wesley S. Uchiyama Penix and Jourdan Laine Howell is happening at The Cube Project Space at Blue Star Arts Complex in SATX. Conducted by Jordan D. Boyd.

La voix Humaine

This intense piece by Poulenc featuring one singer and piano will be double-billed with Women on the Line by Wesley S. Uchiyama Penix and Jourdan Laine Howell. Performed by Taylor Malcolm, soprano, and Anna Hakobyan, pianist, at The Xube Project Space.

Lean more about WOMEN ON THE LINE

Read an review about both productions

October 26 & 27, 2024, UTSA Lyric Theatre

2023/2024 Season

Watch the full production of EL GATO CON BOTAS at UTSA Lyric Theatre.

Watch the opera

Watch the Epigrams highlight reel for a musical sample of the five short pieces featured on the program. The program included two stage premieres (SOUL OF WORD, Wesley S. Uchiyama Penix & Jourdan Laine Howell; THE BRONZE IDOL, Christian Stevens) and one workshop premiere (THE FIRE TOWER, Nell Shaw Cohen). Additional pieces were Milhaud's THE ABDUCTION OF EUROPA and Squire's THE SINGING LESSON.

Just a sample

2022/2023 Season

Watch Scenes at the Overtime, with drama, love, audience participation, and a lot of laughter.

Watch the show

Watch the full performance of Massenet's CINDERELLA performed by UTSA Lyric Theatre with guest artist Sabatina Mauro.

Watch the opera

Watch Massenet at UTSA - A Cinderella Story, a short film highlighting the collarboation between UTSA Lyric Theatre and UTSA's School of Architecture + Planning, a collaborative first at UTSA.

See the Film