Name: Hänsel und Gretel
Start: 2021-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grand Théâtre Massenet

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Ronan Debois

Peter

Mezzo-soprano

Amélie Grillon

Hansel

Soprano

Alexandra Hewson

Gretel

Jazmin Black Grollemund

Gertrude

Denis Mignien

The Gingerbread Witch

Sébastien Bellegy

Sandman

François Rollin

Narrateur

Stage director

Conductor

Thibaut Maudry

Lighting designer

François-Xavier Guinnepain

Opéra de Saint-Étienne

Opéra de Vichy

Orchestra

Ensemble Instrumental des Variétés Lyriques

German

French

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel and Gretel)

Saint-Etienne

France

Grand Théâtre Massenet

Vichy

Public

Hansel and Gretel

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Countertenor

Bass

Tenor

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

The Opera stage turns into a gingerbread house. In co-production with the Roanne Table Ouverte Festival, Vichy Culture and the Opéra de Saint-Étienne, the Roanne company Les Variétés Lyriques offers Hänsel und Gretel, an opera by Humperdinck to a libretto by Wette, taken from the famous tale of the Brothers Grimm.It was Richard Strauss who conducted the orchestra for the premiere of this opera in 1893, in Weimar, before passing the baton to Gustav Mahler for the performed in Hamburg the following year, where the work is sung in German, in a shortened version for young audiences. But the narration is provided in French by the famous actor François Rollin. The director Denis Mignien and the artistic director Guillaume Paire explore in this work the many symbols, carried by an almost cinematographic music and by an imagination nourished by social misery and deep fears, which constitute the roots of fairy tales. The house serves as a base for the scenography. Structuring the space, it evolves over the paintings: family home, deserted house, palace of sugar and cruel sweetness. And finally, the place of rediscovered happiness.

English

Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, Sun 14 Nov 2021, From (2021/2021), Directed by Denis Mignien,, Conductor Thibaut Maudry, Grand Théâtre Massenet, Saint-Etienne, France

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues