Admin

Orchestra

Gewandhausorchester

Stage director

Birgit Eckenweber

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Alexander J Mudlagk

Costume designer

Dramaturge

Christian Geltinger

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+4)

Sophie Bauer

Opernhaus

Chorus

Chorus of the Oper Leipzig

Children's chorus of the Leipzig Opera

Youth Chorus of the Leipzig Opera

Extras

Extras of the Opera Leipzig

Oper Leipzig

Conductor

Yura Yang

Soprano (+1)

Samantha Gaul

Gretel

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Gabrielė Kupšytė

Hansel

Child vocalist (+1)

Mariko Krohne

Dewman

Mezzo-soprano (+5)

Ulrike Schneider

Gertrude

Baritone (+3)

Franz Xaver Schlecht

Peter

Tenor (+2)

Einar Dagur Jónsson

The Gingerbread Witch

Sandra Maxheimer

Nina Schumertl

Sandman

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Kathrin Göring

Mathias Hausmann

Tenor (+5)

Dan Karlström

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Rosamond Thomas

Soprano

Clara Steuerwald

Conductor (+2)

Samuel Emanuel

Soprano (+2)

Olena Tokar

Franziska Krötenheerdt

Yeawon Jung

Conductor (+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