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10-year-old Maryland native lands coveted role at Metropolitan Opera House
10-year-old Maryland girl stars in new Metropolitan Opera House production
At just 10 years old, Gabby Tennor scored a role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York – playing Jesus in a production called El Niño. FOX 5’s Homa Bash shares her story.
The bright lights, the big stage – and an even bigger smile.
Meet Gabby Tennor.
At just 10 years old, Gabby scored a role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York – playing Jesus in a production called El Niño.
She calls Maryland home but she and her mom, Barbara, are making the five-hour drive to New York City twice a week during the show’s month-long run.
Photo via NY Metropolitan Opera
Thousands and thousands of people filled the seats on opening night, but Gabby said she didn’t get nervous.
Mom, on the other hand, shed some tears.
“You look around you, and you have a vision of how your life is going to be somehow, and we never thought opera. “We are not actors, we are not actresses. We don’t have that background, and to get to that level, I looked around and said ‘Wow, God is really good,’” Barbara said.
The family is originally from Ghana.
The opera tells the story of the nativity, the birth of Christ.
And for this family – it is a true testament to their faith.
“I am so glad I can do something that is based on my faith because I’m Christian,” Gabby said. “Let God take you wherever you want to be. It’s not just about yourself, let others help.”
But one message they want to share is that, even at just 10 years old, there have already been a lot of rejections.
“And I’ve had Gabby cry even through her auditions because you have to memorize lines, 5 pages within 24 hours, but the determination is there. Wherever you want to be, you can be.,” Barbara said. “But believe that you have to work hard for it because life never comes easy. It’s never simple.”
Though she is a rising star on the stage, Gabby said she actually wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up. The fourth-grade straight-A student also plays piano, drums, and soccer.
And if you happen to be heading to New York, the El Niño opera runs through May 17.
Police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
The driver of a car involved in a crash with a Prince George’s County school bus in Accokeek, Maryland, on Friday has been identified.
Prince George’s County police said Dequan Gravely, 23, of Bryans Road in Charles County, was driving northbound on Route 210 near Pine Drive around 7:20 a.m. when his Mercedes collided with the school bus turning left from the southbound lanes.
Investigators said the crash happened in the intersection, causing the school bus to flip onto its side. Gravely died at the scene.
The school bus driver was transported to a hospital and treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Police said no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
Investigators said they believe debris from the collision damaged a third vehicle. The driver of that vehicle “declined medical attention,” police said.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators at 301-731-4422.
WTOP’s Acacia James contributed to this report.
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A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Talk about a birthday surprise! A D.C. man won $5 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket in Maryland last week, and the matching number that netted him the prize happened to be his age.
Maurice Williams, a school bus driver in D.C., claimed the first top prize on a $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off. He had used his $50 winnings from a previous LUXE scratch-off ticket to buy a new one the next day.
In a release from the Maryland Lottery, Williams said he didn’t know he had won until he scanned the ticket: “It’s crazy because the matching number was 59 and I just turned 59 the other day.”
Williams said he sat in shock for a while before calling his mother.
He said he plans to buy his mother a house with the winnings and then save up.
Two more top prizes from the scratch-off have yet to be claimed, the Maryland Lottery said, as well as nine $200,000 prizes, 10 $50,000 prizes and thousands of prizes ranging from $50 to $10,000.
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