Organization

Lighting designer

Roberto Ventruti

Singer

Soprano

Anna Cavaliero

Gretel

Stage director

Stephen Taylor

Costume designer

Nadia Fabrizio

Horn

Georges Stevens

Baritone

Howard Thompson

Peter

Mezzo-soprano

Helen Maree Cooper

Hansel

Sarah Baillie

Gertrude

Matthew Clark

The Gingerbread Witch

Leilani Barratt

Dewman

Billie Robson

Sandman

Conductor

Guy Hopkins

Set designer

Pianist

Victoire-Theodora Pruvost

Opéra de Dijon

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel and Gretel)

Dijon

France

Grand Théâtre

Public

Hansel and Gretel

Approved

a reconsidered version
Last effect, we hope, of the health crisis, a new creation of the Hänsel and Gretel production is proposed to you. We invite you to discover the tale of the Brothers Grimm through the illustrations of the famous designer Lorenzo Mattotti. 

The health crisis not having allowed, this summer, the good progress of the rehearsals and the creation of the Hänsel et Gretel production initially planned, the Dijon Opera is pleased to offer a magnificent adaptation of the tale leaving the spotlight to imagination and visual arts thanks to the participation of the famous illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti, author of the animated film The Famous Invasion of the Bears in Sicily  unanimously acclaimed by the critics.

Present on stage alongside the actress and narrator Nadia Fabrizio and the two pianists Nour Ayadi and Pierre-Marie Gasnier who will perform 
extracts from Humperdinck's opera for four hands, Lorenzo Mattotti will present the drawings taken from his album dedicated to the tale. by Grimm as well as original drawings made live and projected on a giant screen.

An immersion in the heart of a dark forest, to meet a formidable witch. A fable whose morality celebrates the virtues of solidarity.

According to Hänsel and Gretel of the Brothers Grimm

Sérénade , 2nd piece in the Chants et danses de la mort and Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve cycle , Modeste Moussorgski (extracts), arrangements for piano for 4 hands by Pierre-Marie Gasnier & Nour Ayadi

Hänsel and Gretel , Engelbert Humperdinck , arrangement for piano 4 hands by Richard Kleinmichel

English

Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, From (2021/2021), Directed by Stephen Taylor,, Conductor Guy Hopkins, Grand Théâtre, Dijon, France

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Program, About & Synopsis

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues