Admin

Orchestra

Gewandhausorchester

Mise en scène

Birgit Eckenweber

Décors

Décors (+1)

Alexander J Mudlagk

Costumes

Dramaturge

Christian Geltinger

Direction de choeur

Direction de choeur (+4)

Sophie Bauer

Opernhaus

Chorus

Chor der Oper Leipzig

Kinderchor der Oper Leipzig

Jugendchor der Oper Leipzig

Extras

Extras from the Leipzig Opera

Oper Leipzig

Direction d'orchestre

Yura Yang

Soprano (+1)

Samantha Gaul

Gretel

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Gabrielė Kupšytė

Hansel

Voix d'enfant (+1)

Mariko Krohne

La Fée rosée

Mezzo-soprano (+5)

Ulrike Schneider

Gertrud

Baryton (+3)

Franz Xaver Schlecht

Peter

Ténor (+2)

Einar Dagur Jónsson

La Sorcière

Sandra Maxheimer

Nina Schumertl

Le Marchand de sable

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Kathrin Göring

Mathias Hausmann

Ténor (+5)

Dan Karlström

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Rosamond Thomas

Soprano

Clara Steuerwald

Direction d'orchestre (+2)

Samuel Emanuel

Soprano (+2)

Olena Tokar

Franziska Krötenheerdt

Yeawon Jung

Direction d'orchestre (+3)

Mark Rohde

For over a century, Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy-tale opera »Hänsel and Gretel« has been enchanting generations of young opera-goers. Not insignificantly, the premiere of this work took place on the night before Christmas Eve. To this day, this beloved opera is performed near Christmastime in many opera houses. After all, Christmas is a time for family, and »Hänsel and Gretel« is a family opera par excellence: While their children’s eyes widen in wonder at their first opera experience, parents can reminisce and delight in nostalgia. In this new production, director Birgit Eckenweber, together with her set- and costume designer Alexander Mudlagk, sends Hansel and Gretel into a fantastical fairy-tale world that’s guaranteed to fascinate. Ah, to be young again!

Juan Sebastián Cáceres Lara