A lawyer for Mr. Sharpe, who hosts the podcast “Club Shay Shay,” said the sexual encounters were consensual and called the lawsuit “a blatant and cynical attempt” at a shakedown.
On a recent morning at the Wortham Theater Center, home of Houston Grand Opera, the orchestra was playing through the intense score of Missy Mazzoli’s 2016 opera “Breaking the Waves.” Led by the conductor Patrick Summers, the players fine-tuned eerie ...