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Summer 2007

Hansel and Gretel - Week Four

Gretel, soprano Maureen McKay, darns a few socks and fixes her doll "Susie."

Hansel, soprano Lauren Curnow in a "pants role," makes brooms as one of his chores.

Both Hansel (soprano Lauren Curnow) and Gretel (soprano Maureen McKay) abandon their chores to play.

One of the many backdrops for the vibrant set, designed by award-winning author and illustrator Maurice Sendak.

Gertrude (soprano Heidi Melton) scolds the children after she returns home to find Hansel (soprano Lauren Curnow) and Gretel (soprano Maureen McKay) playing instead of doing their chores.

Peter (baritone Michael Mayes) returns from a successful day of selling brooms at the fair. He’s used the money he made to buy much-needed food for the family.

Peter (baritone Michael Mayes) returns home to find his wife Gertrude (soprano Heidi Melton) asleep and upset. When she tells Peter that she sent the children out to the forest to pick strawberries, he becomes worried that they will fall victim to the Witch that turns children into gingerbread.

The children of the Commonwealth Youth Choirs appear onstage during the overture of Hansel and Gretel and take a moment to peer into the orchestra pit at Maestro Corrado Rovaris.