Photos: ‘War of the Worlds’

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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Nov. 7, 2017 6:40 PM PT

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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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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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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