Houston picks ex-soprano as general director

Houston Grand Opera has gone outside the magic circle of opera chiefs to name Khori Dastoor as general director.

Dastoor, 40, has risen at Opera San Jose from resident soprano to artistic advisor to general director. From next January, she will have a big stage on which to put her revivalism into practice.

“The problem I want to solve is how my children come to opera,” she said. “What they learn about it, what they think it is, how they consume it. The digital revolution has changed how they will interact with arts and culture. My interest is being on the front of how arts and culture institutions prepare for that. You can have your opinion about it, you can bemoan it, you can embrace it. I don’t judge it — I just see that it’s happening.”