<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style='font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;'><div class="zmail_extra"><div><div style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Verdana , Arial , Helvetica , sans-serif;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px;padding: 0.0px;line-height: 1.7;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;orphans: 2;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;text-transform: none;white-space: normal;widows: 2;word-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Open Sans", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:15px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Celebrate the holiday season by coming out to East Cleveland Theater to see Great Lakes Light Opera’s production of David Conte’s The Gift of the Magi. This chamber opera is based on O. Henry’s classic of the same name, about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></p></div></div></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Composer: David Conte</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Artistic Director: Megan Thompson</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Conductor: Joshua Konow</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Anna White, Della</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Matthew Brennan, Jim</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Jennifer Woda, Maggie</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Bryant Bush, Jim</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Seth Johnson, 1st Magi</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Joel Kincannon, 2nd Magi</span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Jonathan Stuckey, 3rd Magi</span></span></span></span></div><div class="zmail_extra"><div><div style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: Verdana , Arial , Helvetica , sans-serif;"><div><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Friday, December 9 @7:30p: </span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Opening night! The evening will begin with a pre-show talk by the composer, David Conte, as well as a Meet-the-Artist reception after the performance.</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Adults: $30 (includes pre-show lecture and post-show reception)</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Seniors and Students: $20 (includes pre-show lecture and post-show reception)</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">*Group discounts are available!*</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Sunday, December 11 @ 3:00p:</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Adults: $20</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">Seniors and Students: $15</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">*Group discounts are available!*</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div><div><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="font" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:14px"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">For tickets, please visit </span><a href="http://www.eastclevelandtheater.org/Shows/GLLO/GiftMagi/GiftMagi.html" target="_blank"><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">http://www.eastclevelandtheater.org/Shows/GLLO/GiftMagi/GiftMagi.html</span></a><span class="colour" style="color:#000000">.</span></span></span></span><span class="colour" style="color:#000000"><br></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>