Sculptor Peter Lundberg with his 104-ton sculpture 'Loup Garou,' which was recently moved to a $75,000 custom-made base on the University of New Orleans campus.

LOUP GAROU What: Nick Slie stars in the one-man show directed by Kathy Randels about a Cajun boy who is transformed into a werewolf as the South Louisiana coastline is transformed by coastal erosion.

'Le Loup-garou' is the first production of the opera's 50th anniversary season and will be performed by singers from the Opera Southwest Apprentice Artist Program.

Opera Southwest will stage "Le Loup-garou (The Werewolf)" by composer/poet Louise Bertin on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9-11.