Hansel and GretelTosca

 

Hansel and Gretel meet Tosca on the road to Bellevue

Eastside's own opera company presents family classic alongside tragic love story

Hansel and his sister Gretel are starving. Their parents have no food left for them because they have misbehaved and have broken the crockery and such.  They go into the forest to collect berries and nuts and get lost until night falls.  They are visited by the sandman and the dew fairy before stumbling across the jealous and fiery Tosca.  The diva threatens to stab them after dinner if they do not let her leave with her boyfriend.

Well....the operas don't actually turn out that way, but who really needs to know the plot to Hansel and Gretel anyway?

Tosca on the other hand is a perfect first opera for anyone and a beloved classic for many.

Hansel and Gretel will be sung in English and will be accessible for kids from eight to eighty. 
Tosca will be performed in Italian with English supertitles.