Name: Hänsel und Gretel
Start: 2022-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-01-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: New Athenaeum Theatre

Organization

Mezzo-soprano

Lindsay Grace Johnson

Gertrud

Regisseur

Stephen Lawless

Dirigent

Adam Hickox

Set designer

Adrian Linford

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

John Bishop

Choreograaf

Luke Murphy

Koor meester

Philip White

Répétiteur

Katja Riek

Ascelina Klee

Hänsel

Soprano

Elena Garrido Madrona

Gretel

Baritone

Jonathan Forbes Kennedy

Peter

Toki Hamano

Marie Cayeux

Taumännchen

Karla Grant

Sandmännchen

Amy Strachan

Cameron Mitchell

Die Knusperhexe

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Duits

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hans en Grietje)

Glasgow

Verenigd Koninkrijk

New Athenaeum Theatre

Public

Hans en Grietje

Engels

Approved

Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck

Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel has a long association with Christmas….indeed it was premiered on 23rd December 1893 and has been the operatic mainstay of the Christmas season ever since…the operatic equivalent of The Nutcracker, a safe introduction to opera for young children in the form of an upmarket pantomime with its Witch, its Fairy and even a principal boy in the form of Hansel.

Yet behind this there is a much darker side.  The piece fundamentally deals with childhood poverty and how many children go hungry even when surrounded by food.  This darkness extends to the comedy of the piece in the form of the Witch – in our version a Celebrity Chef launching her new Christmas cookbook “Cooking with Children”- and her increasingly desperate attempts to consume Hansel.

We have seized on this connection between Christmas and deprivation as the basis  for our production.  The Season of Good Will is not necessarily  extended to all.  Hansel and Gretel find themselves [like many children today] homeless at Christmas.

English

Voorstellingscredits (Cast & Productieteam )

Cast

Productieteam