Sin City Opera Presents - "Hansel & Gretel" To Benefit NV Partnership Homeless Youth

Sin City Opera finishes their fifth season with the beloved fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck, at the Winchester Cultural Center May 15th – 24th.  The wonderfully poignant Hansel & Gretel allows SCO to partner with Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and their newly expanded Drop-In Center for homeless youth.  This family friendly, English version will be a great first introduction to opera, while still appealing to a more seasoned opera fan through the deeper characterizations and emotional content than is typically expected in the original setting. 

  

Sin City Opera is dedicated to being proactive in our community and supporting other important community issues and programs.  By partnering with NPHY on Hansel & Gretel, SCO is hoping to create a platform to engage the community in further discussions and support for this important community issue.  Sin City Opera will be soliciting donations from our sponsors and audience for the new Music & Art Room at the NPHY Drop-In Center as well as supporting a “Plastic Food Drive” for the donation of restaurant, fast food and convenience store gift cards: these gift cards ensure that homeless youth can get a hot meal, regardless of their living situation or access to a kitchen.  NPHY will also be running a concurrent online fundraiser leading up to and during the opera run called “More Than Breadcrumbs”: more information can be found at www.gofundme.com/nphybreadcrumbs.

“NPHY is excited to partner with Sin City Opera to bring awareness to the very serious issue of youth homelessness in our community,” said Arash Ghafoori, NPHY’s Executive Director. “Last school year, there were 9,284 homeless youth enrolled in the Clark County School District, a frightening 34% increase over the prior year.  In this opera, Hansel and Gretel deal with a variety of issues homeless youth in our community face, such as being separated from their families, feeling lost and overwhelmed on their own, and coming face-to-face with dangerous influences and circumstances.  This partnership is a unique opportunity to bring these issues to light through the Hansel and Gretel story; NPHY looks forward to partnering with Sin City Opera and the arts community to combat youth homelessness in Southern Nevada.”

Tickets: $10 online, $15 day of the performance

Performance Dates: May 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd at 7:00 PM and 24th at 2:00 PM

Winchester Cultural Center

3130 McLeod Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89121

McLeod & Desert Inn MAP

(702) 455-7340

Tickets can be purchased at www.sincityopera.org