Chorale singers from the Livingston Parish Children’s Choir join others in singing near the end of Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Gillian Cotter, playing the role of Hansel, left, holds up something for Emily Tweedy, playing Gretel, to examine.
A cast member of Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel” performs a scene.
Cast members of Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel” perform a scene.
An orchestra plays under the direction of Michael Borowitz, far right, during Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Chorale singers from the Livingston Parish Children’s Choir perform a scene from the balcony inside First Baptist Church in downtown Baton Rouge during Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Cast members of Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel” perform a scene.
Dancers of Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel” perform a scene.
The evil witch (played by Cassandra Black, middle) grabs Hansel (played by Gillian Cotter, left) Gretel (Emily Tweedy) by the hair during Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Chorale singers from the Livingston Parish Children’s Choir play children that were turned into gingerbread people by the evil witch during Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Emily Tweedy, front, playing the role of Gretel, sings one of the final songs in Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Chorale singers from the Livingston Parish Children’s Choir take off their gingerbread masks after being cured of the evil witch’s curse near the end of Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Chorale singers from the Livingston Parish Children’s Choir join others in singing near the end of Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Chorale singers from the Livingston Parish Children’s Choir take a bow following Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
Emily Tweedy, middle, spends some time with Livingston Parish Children’s Choir Chorale singers, from left, Rainey Price, Addison Knight, Elizabeth Flurry and Brennan Michelli. Tweedy played one of the lead roles in Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel” Oct. 18-21, while a dozen LPCC singers played gingerbread people. It was the first time LPCC singers were invited to sing as part of an opera.
Children from elementary schools across the Greater Baton Rouge Area pack into the grand sanctuary inside First Baptist Church in downtown Baton Rouge for Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel,” which took place Oct. 18-21.
A dozen Chorale singers from the Livingston Parish Children’s Choir lent their harmonized voices to Opéra Louisiane’s Young People’s Opera Program production of “Hansel and Gretel,” the first time the choir has been invited to sing as part of an opera. On stairs, from left, Ashley Williams, Rebekah Roppolo, Lauren Price, Aubrey Johnson, Ellie Dozier, Erin Norton and Lindsay Miller. Bottom row, from left, Melody Johnson, Addison Knight, Brennan Michelli, ELizabeth Flurry and Rainey Price.
