Name: Hänsel und Gretel
Start: 2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Universität Mozarteum

Organization

Admin

Orchestra

Akademieorchester der Universität Mozarteum

Chorus master

Alexander Krampe

Conductor

Kai Röhrig

Choreographer

Rosamund Gilmore

Dramaturge

Eike Mann

Video designer

Claudia Lehmann

Universität Mozarteum

Stage director

Baritone

Brett Pruunsild

Peter

Máté Herczeg

Mezzo-soprano

Julia Heiler

Gertrude

Livia Hübel

Julia Maria Eckes

Hansel

Florentina Serles

Soprano

Anna-Maria Husca

Gretel

Donata Meyer-Kranixfeld

Konstantin Igl

The Gingerbread Witch

Jesse Mashburn

Anastasia Fedorenko

Sandman

Laura Obermair

Dewman

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel and Gretel)

Salzburg

Austria

Max Schlereth Saal

Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck

Private

Public

Hansel and Gretel

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Tenor

Singer

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter who lived with his wife and two children in front of a large forest; the boy's name was Hansel and the girl's name was Gretel. He had little to bite or break and once, when great inflation came into the country, he could "he can no longer manage his daily bread".

Who doesn't know the Grimm fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel, who are sent into the forest by their parents, get lost there and finally end up with the crispy witch. Based on this story, Engelbert Humperdinck composed his fairy tale play of the same name in 1892. The simple but highly poetic libretto comes from Humperdinck's sister Adelheid Wette, who softened some of the motifs from the original but left the deep psychological subtexts unchanged. 

Musically, the opera impresses with children's songs in a folk tone as well as with a late romantic sound language that is reminiscent of Richard Wagner in places. In our production, the score sounds in an arrangement for chamber orchestra by Alexander Krampe. With her production, Rosamund Gilmore embarks on a journey into the subconscious, combining the deep psychological layers of the fairy tale with the film-visualized works of Claudia Lehmann's students.

English

Es war einmal ein armer Holzhacker, der wohnte mit seiner Frau und seinen zwei Kindern vor einem großen Walde; das Bübchen hieß Hänsel und das Mädchen Gretel. Er hatte wenig zu beißen und zu brechen und einmal, als große Teuerung ins Land kam, konnte er das tägliche Brot nicht mehr schaffen".

Wer kennt es nicht, das Grimm'sche Märchen von Hänsel und Gretel, die von ihren Eltern in den Wald geschickt werden, sich dort verirren und schließlich bei der Knusperhexe landen. Basierend auf dieser Geschichte hat Engelbert Humperdinck 1892 sein gleichnamiges Märchenspiel komponiert. Das schlichte, aber hochpoetische Libretto stammt von Humperdincks Schwester Adelheid Wette, die eini-ge Motive aus dem Original abmilderte, die tiefenpsychologischen Subtexte jedoch unverändert ließ. 

Musikalisch besticht die Oper ebenso durch Kinderlieder im Volkston wie durch eine spätromantische Klangsprache, die stellenweise an Richard Wagner erinnert. In unserer Produktion erklingt die Partitur in einer Bearbeitung für Kammerorchester von Alexander Krampe. Rosamund Gilmore begibt sich mit Ihrer Inszenierung auf eine Reise ins Unterbewusstsein und verbindet dabei die tiefenpsychologischen Schichten des Märchens mit den filmisch visualisierten Arbeiten der Studierenden von Claudia Lehmann.

Deutsch

Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, Sat 09 Dec 2023, From (2023/2023), Directed by Rosamund Gilmore,, Conductor Kai Röhrig, Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria

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