Admin

Orchestra

Gewandhausorchester

Regisseur

Birgit Eckenweber

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Alexander J Mudlagk

Kostuum ontwerper

Dramaturg

Christian Geltinger

Koor meester

Koor meester (+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

Dirigent

Yura Yang

Sopraan (+1)

Samantha Gaul

Gretel

Mezzosopraan (+2)

Gabrielė Kupšytė

Hänsel

Kinderzanger (+1)

Mariko Krohne

Taumännchen

Mezzosopraan (+5)

Ulrike Schneider

Gertrud

Bariton (+3)

Franz Xaver Schlecht

Peter

Tenor (+2)

Einar Dagur Jónsson

Die Knusperhexe

Sandra Maxheimer

Nina Schumertl

Sandmännchen

Mezzosopraan (+4)

Kathrin Göring

Mathias Hausmann

Tenor (+5)

Dan Karlström

Mezzosopraan (+1)

Rosamond Thomas

Sopraan

Clara Steuerwald

Dirigent (+2)

Samuel Emanuel

Sopraan (+2)

Olena Tokar

Franziska Krötenheerdt

Yeawon Jung

Dirigent (+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