The Houston world premiere was created during the pandemic. The book won the 1963 Caldecott Medal, and it broke a persistent color barrier: Peter was the first Black boy to be the main character of a mainstream children’s book, said to be the most-checked-out book in the history of the New York Public Library. We also have a lot of hats and masks as well… our prop section went through and cleaned out some things… pretty much anything you could think of we have out here,” Hummel said.Karen Slack and Nicholas Newton are the Mother and Father in A Snowy Day, between them is Raven McMillon as Peter in the world premiere by Houston Grand Opera | Credit: Lynn Lane PhotographyĮzra Jack Keats wrote and illustrated The Snowy Day, the story of a little boy named Peter who is finally allowed to venture into the snow alone. Cowboy boots, leather boots, rubber boats, women's heels, we have tap shoes if anyone is picking up a new hobby this year. With women we have period dresses, vintage, 60s, 70s, going back to the 1800s, we also have hoop skirts, petticoats, all the underpinnings as well… we have shoes, both men and women, lots of boots. “It starts off with contemporary, so everyday dress, what we have on right now, men's, women's, shirts, pants, skirts, then we get into more period things, so with men we have doublets, we have breeches, we have frock coats, we have tunics, kimonos, capes, cloaks, uniforms, military.
So what exactly can you find at the sale? We challenged Hummel to list as much as she could off the top of her head. It's the beginning of our season, so we like to call attention to what's happening downtown at the Wortham but also it's in time for Halloween so again we want to help everybody out there have a really good Halloween this year,” said Hummel. Want to put on your very own "Babes in Toyland," "Madama Butterfly," "Carmen" or "Nixon in China"? In fact, entire productions’ worth of costumes are up for sale.
“These are years and years of productions that have been produced here at HGO and these are just items that are no longer in rotation in the season and so we're ready to share them with the community, kind of share our art with the people,” said Hummel.
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