Organization

Sänger

Mezzosopran

Antigone Papoulkas

Hänsel

Anke Vondung

Stephanie Atanasov

Sopran

Anna Gabler

Gretel

Lydia Teuscher

Christiane Hossfeld

Bariton

Hans-Joachim Ketelsen

Peter

Markus Marquardt

Irmgard Vilsmaier

Gertrud

Sabine Brohm

Leandra Overmann

Die Knusperhexe

Dirigat

Michael Hofstetter

Hans Zimmer

Regie

Katharina Thalbach

Kostümbild

Ezio Toffolutti

Bühnenbild

Iris Vermillion

Taumännchen

Sandmännchen

Chordirektion

Andreas Heinze

Lichtgestaltung

Jan Seeger

Choreographie

Erica Trivett

Dramaturgie

Hans-Georg Wegner

Semperoper Dresden

Others

Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Dresden

Deutsch

Hänsel und Gretel

Dresden

Deutschland

Semperoper

Antigone Papoulkas - Hänsel
Anna Gabler - Greten
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen - Father
Irmgard Vilsmaier - Mother
Iris Vermillion - Witch
Lydia Teuscher - Sandman / Dew Fairy

State Opera Choir
Michael Hofstetter - conductor

Katharina Thalbach - stage director

Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
0:00 Ouverture
8:24 Daheim / At home
34:49 Hexenritt / Witch's Ride
39:05 Im Walde / In the woods
55:01 Traum / Dream
1:01:26 Am Ilsenstein / At Ilsenstein

The composer of Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck, was born in Germany in 1854. In the 1890s, his sister, Adelheid Wette, had written a libretto based on the Grimm fairy tale, and asked her brother to set it to music as a Christmas entertainment for her children. Later, Engelbert and Adelheid decided to turn this modest home project into a full-scale opera. Hansel and Gretel, premiered on December 23, 1893 at Weimar, was an instant hit and remains an everlasting masterpiece. The composer Richard Strauss, who was the assistant conductor for the premiere, called it "a masterwork of the first rank."

Recorded at the Semperoper Dresden in 2006, the orchestra of the Sächsische Staatskapelle is directed by Michael Hofstetter in a production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel. Soloists are Irmgard, Vilsmaier, Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, Antigone Papoulkas and Iris Vermillion. The composer of Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck, wrote was born in Germany in 1854. In the 1890s, his sister, Adelheid Wette, had written a libretto based on the Grimm fairy tale, and asked her brother to set it to music as a Christmas entertainment for her children. Later, Engelbert and Adelheid decided to turn this modest home project into a full-scale opera. Hansel and Gretel, premiered on December 23, 1893 at Weimar, was an instant hit and remains an everlasting masterpiece. The composer Richard Strauss, who was the assistant conductor for the premiere, called it "a masterwork of the first rank."

Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck

Public

Englisch

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