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Houston Grand Opera nominated for its first Grammy in more than 30 years
December 2025

Ten years after composer Jake Heggie first had the idea of writing “Intelligence,” an opera based on the true story of two Civil War-era women who spied on the Confederacy, an album recording of the opera is nominated for a Grammy Award.

"I literally got up one morning, and my texts and email were flooded with people saying congratulations," Heggie said. "A lot of them forgot to say what it was about, so I didn’t know what I had done."

“Intelligence,” which premiered in 2023 at Houston Grand Opera, is nominated for best opera recording. It's the opera company's first Grammy nomination in more than 30 years.