Ed opera in HB this weekend
The Beach Reporter has a story about "Red, White & Blue," a new opera with an educational twist that arrives in Hermosa Beach on Saturday (Oct. 6) to benefit the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation.
Resident Susan Asbjornson Ziegler (producing the opera with her husband, George) originally drew inspiration for "Red, White & Blue," when she began writing songs for her young cousin. The songs teach children about American history.
“The core of the show is the educational songs,” Zeigler said. “I wanted to raise money for the Hermosa Beach Education Foundation because they support programs like music programs that are cut by the state and science and all kinds of great things. When I do produce an opera, I spend at least six months of my life, 18 to 20 hours a day, getting this together, the writing, the composing, the casting, all the production stuff. It's very important to me the money goes to charity because that's just who I am. It's just something I have to do and people ask me, ‘Why?' Why do people climb mountains? This organization is just so fantastic.”
Click this link for more, including ticket information.