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<p><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Meet the Cast of Opera Cleveland’s Hansel and Gretel<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Did you
know that the Witch used to be a professional ballet dancer? Or that the
director worked with Marcel Marceau? Want to find out more more about the lives
of the singers and director of Opera Cleveland's <em><i><font
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and Gretel </a></font></i></em>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Join us
on Tuesday<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>, Oct. 14, at 7:30 pm at
Joseph-Beth</span></b> Booksellers to meet the cast of the production, which
opens Oct. 31 at the State Theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Conductor
and Artistic Director Dean Williamson hosts the casual Q&A, which is FREE
and open to the public. Joseph-Beth Booksellers is located in <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Legacy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Village</st1:PlaceType>
at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">24519 Cedar Road</st1:address></st1:Street>
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lyndhurst</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=3 face="Avenir LT Std 45 Book"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Avenir LT Std 45 Book";font-weight:bold'>Lisa Hofmann</span></font></b><br>
<font face="Avenir LT Std 45 Book"><span style='font-family:"Avenir LT Std 45 Book"'>Public
Relations & Communications Manager</span></font> <br>
<font face="Avenir LT Std 45 Book"><span style='font-family:"Avenir LT Std 45 Book"'>216.575.0903,
ext. 216</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.operacleveland.org/"><font color=black><span style='color:
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<font face="Avenir LT Std 45 Book"><span style='font-family:"Avenir LT Std 45 Book"'>PS:
Check out </span></font><a href="http://www.operachicken.blogspot.com"><font
face="Avenir LT Std 45 Book"><span style='font-family:"Avenir LT Std 45 Book"'>Carl,
the opera chicken</span></font></a><font face="Avenir LT Std 45 Book"><span
style='font-family:"Avenir LT Std 45 Book"'>.</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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