Hansel & Gretel: An Opera Encounter
Hansel & Gretel: An Opera Encounter
Lyric Opera OC’s Hansel & Gretel: An Opera Encounter, is available for private performances throughout the season. To learn more and book a performance for your school or program, please contact us through the link in our site menu! This traveling “trunk show” is fully acoustic, sensory friendly, and interactive for younger audiences.
Lyric Opera OC will present several pop-up performances for the public throughout the 2026-2027 season.
Our next public performance is presented by the Capital Group CG Arts and Working Parents Communities
Hansel & Gretel: An Opera Encounter
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Doors open: 10:30 AM
Performance: 11:00 AM
Tustin Marketplace Community Center
2961 El Camino Real, Tustin, CA 92782
Step into a magical fairy tale with an English-language production of Hansel and Gretel. This fun, kid-friendly 45-minute opera is presented by the Lyric Opera of Orange County. Follow the adventurous siblings as they journey through an enchanted forest, encounter magical characters, and discover a tempting gingerbread house along the way.
Filled with lively music, playful storytelling, and a heartwarming message about courage and family, this engaging performance is the perfect introduction to opera for audiences of all ages.
Creative team
The Cast
Anna Caplan is a Southern California-based mezzo soprano. Roles have included Hansel (Hansel & Gretel) with Lyric Opera of Orange County, Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus) with Opera Italia, Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Dido (Dido & Aeneas), and Phaedo (Socrate) with East Village Caravanserai. She is a roster member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and performs with Choral Arts Initiative, Tonality, Resonant, Long Beach Camerata, and Laude. She has sung background vocals for Christina Aguilera, Tiësto, The Who, Sarah Brightman, and Josh Groban. Anna holds a BM in Vocal Performance and MM in Vocal Chamber Music, both from the University of Redlands.
Andrea Church Durant is a collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and répétiteur with extensive experience in opera, musical theater, sacred music, chamber music, and choral performance. She’s held accompanist positions at California State University, Dominguez Hills, University of Southern California, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, and Southern Utah University. At USC, she served as music director and accompanist for the 2024 Thornton Chamber Opera Scenes, and UVU Music Director for the Musical Theatre Department. International highlights include work with the Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival as well as tours in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. Awards include the Encrantz Professional Fellowship at the Hawaiʻi Performing Arts Festival. Andrea is delighted to join Lyric Opera of Orange County’s Emerging Artist Studio as a Collaborative Piano Fellow.
Soprano Virginia Douglas is passionate about storytelling and forging connections through music. In 2026, she covered the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, and the title role in James Domine’s Luke and Sarah with Guild Opera Company. In 2025, she sang with Long Beach Opera in their production of El Relicario de los Animales. A recent graduate of UCLA, Virginia sang the title role in Dido and Aeneas (2023), premiered the role of Maria Maladetto in Richard Danielpour’s The Grand Hotel Tartarus (2024), and performed Evanco in Rodrigo (2025) with Opera UCLA.
Emma Ginzel is a versatile mezzo-soprano whose career spans opera, concert, and choral performance. She has performed with Guild Opera, Vienna Summer Music Festival, Opera à la Carte, and LOOC’s Emerging Artist Program, with roles including Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw), Juno (Orpheus in the Underworld), and Zita (Gianni Schicchi). As a concert soloist, she has appeared with the Huntington Beach Symphony Orchestra and Point Loma Choral Union. Emma also performs with San Diego Master Chorale and other professional Southern California ensembles and serves as a Teaching Artist with Pacific Chorale Academy.
Madee Raymundo is a Filipino soprano and recent graduate of the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach, where she earned her Bachelor of Music in Opera Performance. Recent roles include Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, and the cover of Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring in recent CSULB productions. Beyond the stage, Madee is a dedicated voice teacher and passionate advocate for arts education and community engagement. She believes music has the power to foster connection and belonging and is committed to serving her community through performance, education, and outreach.
Natalie is thrilled to join her first production with Lyric Opera of Orange County. A coloratura soprano originally from Boston, she has quickly established herself on the West Coast performing with Guild Opera Company, Trial Run Productions, VOPA, Ventura County Gilbert & Sullivan Repertoire Company, and Pacific Opera Project. She recently performed Off-Broadway at the American Theatre of Actors in two original one-acts by Brooke deRosa. Additional credits include Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, and MassOpera. Favorite roles include Alice (Alice in Wonderland), Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Morgana (Alcina), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Frasquita (Carmen), and the title role in Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon. Natalie is an alumna of the Eastman School of Music and Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Getting there
Tustin Marketplace Community Theatre
2961 El Camino RealTustin, CA 92782
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