Prologue: Hansel and Gretel

  • Prologue
  • Sarasota Opera House
  • 11 photos
  • A speaker in a dark suit, papers in hand, talks to a seated audience at the Hansel and Gretel Prologue.
  • A candy-covered gingerbread house with a wreath over its door, guarded by two gingerbread men.
  • Five friends pose together by the sign-in board before the program.
  • The coffee station: decaf in airpots, stacks of paper cups, cream, sweeteners and cookies.
  • Members chat before the program, one turned around in his chair to talk with a friend.
  • A speaker in a navy floral jacket smiles at the room, hands clasped.
  • The pianist plays the grand piano in profile, eyes closed, in a dark suit and blue striped tie.
  • Audience members watch from behind the piano as the pianist reads the music on his tablet.
  • A full room of members listens as the pianist plays at the front.
  • The treat table, with a gingerbread-man cake, cookies and lollipops, as guests fill their plates at the far end.
  • Gingerbread men, lollipops and candies around a gingerbread house on the dessert table.