Name: Hänsel und Gretel
Start: 2018-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stadttheater

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Soprano

Nienke Otten

Gretel

Dorine Mortelmans

Mezzo-soprano

Hasti Molavian

Hansel

Sarah Kuffner

Gertrude

Baritone

Frank Dolphin Wong

Peter

Yoshiaki Kimura

Ekaterina Aleksandrova

Sandman

Dewman

Katja Starke

The Gingerbread Witch

Conductor

Alexander Kalajdzic

Stage director

Jan Eßinger

Set designer

Benita Roth

Theater Bielefeld

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel and Gretel)

Bielefeld

Germany

Stadttheater

Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck

Hansel and Gretel

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Hansel and Gretel don't have it easy: Sent into the forest out of anger by their mother, almost frozen to death there from fear and hunger, caught by a wicked witch, fattened and - almost - baked, they end up as youthful heroes, surrounded by Gingerbread scent of the final chorus of the children they freed. Humperdinck's masterpiece has been enchanting audiences of all ages for almost exactly 125 years, and for quite a few of them it must have been the "gateway drug" to the world of opera. Who could, who would also seriously want to evade the dance of melodies that lightly opens the scenery with a few children's songs, in order to plunge them into the romantic gloom of a wolf's lair in the next moment? The contentious family life at home carries over effortlessly into the present day in his musical conversational mode. In the night-dark forest, sand and rope men, evening blessings and dream experiences give the necessary security to - even when cheering! - survive the fight against the witch Rosina Candy Mouth. The taleHansel and Gretel has survived in over seventy versions in the German-speaking world alone. In 1890 Adelheid Wette, the sister of the composer Engelber Humperdinck, wrote a libretto from it. Originally intended as a scenic contribution to a birthday party suitable for children, Humperdinck found this fairytale play so appealing that he developed a great romantic opera from it. Incidentally, Hansel and Gretel was christened by none other than Richard Strauss, who conducted the premiere on December 23, 1893 in Weimar.

English

Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, Thu 24 Jan 2019, From (2018/2019), Directed by Jan Eßinger,, Conductor Alexander Kalajdzic, Stadttheater, Bielefeld, Germany

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