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Vocalist Hadleigh Adams, center, as Gen. Lansing, shown with actors Carolyn Michelle Smith, left, and Ross Steeves, right, during a "War of the Worlds" rehearsal in downtown Los Angeles.

Vocalist Hadleigh Adams, center, as Gen. Lansing, shown with actors Carolyn Michelle Smith, left, and Ross Steeves, right, during a “War of the Worlds” rehearsal in downtown Los Angeles.

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'War of the Worlds'

Director Yuval Sharon, center, works with actors Ross Steeves, left, and Cheryl Umaña Bonilla. The opera will unfold at Walt Disney Concert Hall and at three satellite siren locations.

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'War of the Worlds'

Carolyn Michelle Smith rehearses for the world premiere of “War of the Worlds,” composed by Annie Gosfield and commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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'War of the Worlds'

Percussionist Jeffrey Grant, left, Cory Hills, and Nick Stoup will perform in the opera, which plays off Orson Welles’ famous 1938 fake news radio broadcast about an alien invasion.

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'War of the Worlds'

Yuval Sharon adapted the text for the performance.

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'War of the Worlds'

Director Yuval Sharon, left, composer Annie Gosfield and conductor Christopher Rountree team to bring about “War of the Worlds.”

  (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

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