Admin

Orchestra

Gewandhausorchester

Regissör

Birgit Eckenweber

Scenograf

Scenograf (+1)

Alexander J Mudlagk

Kostym designer

Dramaturg

Christian Geltinger

Körledare

Körledare (+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

Sopran (+1)

Samantha Gaul

Gretel

Mezzosopran (+2)

Gabrielė Kupšytė

Hänsel

Barnsångare (+1)

Mariko Krohne

Taumännchen

Mezzosopran (+5)

Ulrike Schneider

Gertrud

Baryton (+3)

Franz Xaver Schlecht

Peter

Tenor (+2)

Einar Dagur Jónsson

Die Knusperhexe

Sandra Maxheimer

Nina Schumertl

Sandmännchen

Mezzosopran (+4)

Kathrin Göring

Mathias Hausmann

Tenor (+5)

Dan Karlström

Mezzosopran (+1)

Rosamond Thomas

Sopran

Clara Steuerwald

Dirigent (+2)

Samuel Emanuel

Sopran (+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