The Three Feathers

For 2023, Solo Opera presents, The Three Feathers, a family friendly chamber opera with music by award winning composer, Lori Laitman, and libretto by local poet laureate, Dana Gioia. Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the opera follows Princess Dora, not as a damsel in distress, but as a heroine. A magic feather leads the shy, self-doubting princess to an enchanted Underworld ruled by a giant Frog King. Here, she summons her courage and compassion to face a series of mysterious and comic adventures that change her life. Completing her quest, she saves her father’s kingdom from the plots of her selfish sisters and earns her right to the crown.

September 8, 2023, 8:00pm and September 10, 2023, 2:00pm
Lesher Center for the Arts. 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 
Running time: 85 minutes in length / In English/ No intermission.
$25-Youth 17 and under / $45-Senior / $55-Adult
Reserved Seating – Group Discounts Offered
For tickets, call (925) 943-7469, www.LesherArtsCenter.org or visit the Ticket Office at the address above.

CAST AND PRODUCTION STAFF
KING: Eugene Brancoveanu
DORA: Shawnette Sulker
GILDA: Chelsea Hollow
TILDA: Hope Nelson
FROG KING: Kirk Eichelberger
FROG PRINCE: Samuel Faustine
CHAMBERLAIN: Jonathan Spencer
BARON DE BEAUCOUP (and Frog Prince cover): Caleb Alexander
CAPTAIN SIEGFRIED (and King cover): Andrew Fellows
CHILDREN’S CHORUS: The San Francisco Girls Chorus
(Members of San Francisco Girls Chorus School, Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director). 
CHORUS/OTHER COVERS: TBD
 
MUSICAL DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR: Alex Katsman
STAGE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Sylvia Amorino
STAGE MANAGER: Sarah Terman
SUPERTITLES: Chun Mei Wilson
REHEARSAL AND ORCHESTRA PIANIST: Cesar Cancino
SCENIC/PROJECTION DESIGNER: Peter Crompton
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Patrick Toebe
COSTUME DESIGNER: Callie Floor
MAKE-UP/WIG DESIGNER- Consuelo T. Lopez- Robbins
PRE-SHOW LECTURE: Dana Gioia
MARKETING PHOTOGRAPHY: Vero Kherian Photography
ORCHESTRA: TBD