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Get a Taste for Hansel and Gretel This Sunday with Introduce Your Young Opera Lover to Hansel: Free Family Guide to the Opera and Youth Discount! Sneak Peek of HANSEL AND GRETEL: November 14, 16, 18m, 23 & 25m
The scent of gingerbread is wafting through the streets of Philadelphia as Hansel and Gretel gets closer to its much-anticipated Company Premiere! With sets and costumes by the acclaimed author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, you can check out the Witch’s famous Gingerbread House and watch this fairytale leap off its storybook pages and to operatic life when you VIEW THIS CLIP from the production, courtesy of Indianapolis Opera! Also, get a behind-the-scenes look into the production’s rehearsal process. Click here to see photos of the cast of Hansel and Gretel during the first two weeks of rehearsals as they run through music, rehearse blocking, and learn the ins and outs of the woods! Tickets for this family classic are selling fast. With only five performances at the Academy of Music, purchase your tickets NOW! A Taste of Opera – THIS SUNDAY! Join the Opera Company of Philadelphia this Sunday for the perfect introduction to Hansel and Gretel. Hosted by the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, A Taste of Opera is free and open to the general public. A pre-lecture, optional brunch is available at XIX (Nineteen), located on the hotel’s 19th floor. Please call (215) 790-1919 or visit online to make brunch reservations. Reservations are required for brunch only, not the lecture! A Taste of Opera Author Francine Segan brings us a true "taste of opera" as she explores "Great Food and the Opera" with everything from Hansel and Gretel to Melba Toast and more. Prepare for Humperdinck's confection Hansel and Gretel with a complimentary piece of Angel Food Cake at the event. Then, David Fox from the University of Pennsylvania discusses the surprisingly complex aspects of this masterpiece. Click here for more information. Creating Future Opera Lovers with HANSEL If you’re thinking about bringing a young opera lover to see Hansel and Gretel, you might want to request a free Family Guide to the Opera. This award-winning, 80-page workbook accompanies our Sounds of Learning education program, and features a full English translation of the text to Hansel, which is performed in German, as well as background on the composer, folklore, and opera as an art form. To order a Family Guide, call 215-732-8400 or e-mail outreach@operaphila.org. Or download it online by visiting http://www.operaphila.org/community/sol-prod2.shtml As a special leading up to the Company Premiere, for every adult opera ticket you purchase, you may purchase a youth ticket at 20% off full price! This offer is available on all full-view seating, and may be redeemed by calling Ticket Philadelphia at 215-893-1018 and referencing “Youth Tickets!” |
November 9, 2007
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