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Purchase College Opera Students Perform 'Hansel and Gretel'
PURCHASE, N.Y. – Purchase Opera will be presenting the German classic “Hansel and Gretel” in the Recital Hall, Purchase College Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase, N.Y., on Nov. 12 through 16.
Based on the enchanting Grimm brothers fairy tale, with music composed by Engelbert Humperdinck, the production is fully staged with lavish sets and costumes.
Performances of the German version of the opera, with English subtitles, will be on Friday, Nov. 14 and Saturday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee Sunday, Nov. 16 at 2:30 pm. On Nov. 12 through 14, there will be a…
Curator At Norwalk Mansion Gives Talk On Mark Twain's Holiday Traditions
NORWALK, Conn. – The curator at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion in Norwalk will give a talk entitled “A Clemens Christmas,” which will highlight the Christmas celebrations that took place in the Hartford home of Mark Twain.
The talk by Curator Patricia Philippon will be Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 11 a.m. at the mansion at 295 West Ave.
This lecture will discuss Victorian holiday traditions, as well as provide a virtual walk-through of the Clemens 19- room, Tiffany-decorated mansion, decked out for the family's holiday celebrations, from 1874 to 1891, when the author, his wife, and three dau…