Peter and Paul In the Land of Nod: A Family Holiday Operetta

By: Steve Leary Dec. 07, 2008

Chicago Folks Operetta presents the American Premiere of

Peter and paul in the land of nod, a family holiday OPeretta, by Franz LehÁr

Performers from Berwyn, Crest Hill, Chicago, Forest Park, Highland Park, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Oak Park, Wilmette and Dyer, Indiana

Chicago Folks Operetta's production of Peter and Paul in the Land of Nod features 5 singers who have sung roles at Lyric Opera of Chicago; 23 children from the Children's Operetta Workshop; 4 leading professional ballet dancers as well as up and coming local dancers from the Chicago area being choreographed August Tye, the ballet mistress at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and a professional thirteen piece orchestra. This is a holiday show not to be missed!

Performances will take place on December 19 and December 20 at 7 PM and December 20 at 11 AM at Percy Julian Auditorium, 416 S. Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park, Illinois. Tickets are $10 and are available for purchase at www.chicagofolksoperetta.org as well as at the door with cash.

Chicago Folks Operetta brings the joy and magic of the operetta genre to the Chicago area this holiday season with its imaginative production of Peter and Paul in the Land of Nod. This wonderful children's holiday operetta features all of the trademark whimsical and romantic melodies that earned Franz Lehár the title "The King of Operetta." Written in 1906, it was the first operetta Lehár wrote following the success of The Merry Widow, and received wide acclaim for it's wonderful book by the longtime Lehár collaborators Robert Bodanzky and Fritz Grünbaum. Combined with Lehár's wonderful ballet music and an imaginative story, the show is a cross between Hansel and Gretel and The Nutcracker. The Chicago Folks Operetta is pleased to be presenting Peter and Paul in the Land of Nod as a fresh holiday experience which is not only an American premiere, but a world premiere of a new translation of the show by Hersh Glagov and Artistic Director, Gerald Frantzen.

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