"Brenda Lewis" is an American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, opera director, and music educator. She enjoyed a 20-year-long collaboration with the New York City Opera (NYCO) with whom she notably created roles in several world premieres by American composers; including the title role in Jack Beeson's Lizzie Borden (opera)/Lizzie Borden in 1965. She also performed with frequency at the Metropolitan Opera from 1952-1965, and was active as a guest artist with notable opera companies both nationally and internationally. Although she is mainly remembered as an exponent of American operas and musicals, she performed a broad repertoire of works and was particularly celebrated for her portrayals of Marie in Wozzeck, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, and the title roles of Carmen and Salome (opera)/Salome; the latter of which she performed for the inauguration of Houston Grand Opera in 1956.

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Everyone has some kind of connection to or story about the circus, so there's really something for everybody here. We're always trying to have something to offer that is different.

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The beauty of everything here is that even though they are all part of circus acts, everything is science-based in some way. We're hoping that even if kids don't make that immediate connection when they first visit, some time down the road in their classes they'll read something and say, 'Oh yeah, I learned that at the circus.

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