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- Kara Cornell as Carmen at Hubbard Hall, 2009
Kara Cornell, who sang and acted such a brilliant Carmen at Hubbard Hall last summer, and I recently shared a pleasant Australian blend at the Wine Bar on Lark in Albany, where we reminisced about Carmen
—actually Peter Brook's
La Tragédie de Carmen, and talked about next summer's production, Humperdinck's
Hansel and Gretel, in which, as Hansel, she will make a total about face from the dangerous gypsy. Considering Kara's vivid and very funny Cherubino in the Capital Opera's
Nozze di Figaro last summer, she should be equally successful as the pre-pubescent wood-cutter's boy. Knowing stage director Dianna Heidman's sophistication and originality, I can foresee that
Hansel and Gretel will go well beyond the usual family entertainment.