Organization

Cantante

Mezzosoprano

Antigone Papoulkas

Hänsel

Anke Vondung

Stephanie Atanasov

Soprano

Anna Gabler

Gretel

Lydia Teuscher

Christiane Hossfeld

Baritono

Hans-Joachim Ketelsen

Pietro

Markus Marquardt

Irmgard Vilsmaier

Gertrude

Sabine Brohm

Leandra Overmann

La Strega Marzapane

Direzione d'orchestra

Michael Hofstetter

Hans Zimmer

Regia

Katharina Thalbach

Costumi

Ezio Toffolutti

Scenografia

Iris Vermillion

Rugiadino

Sabbiolino

Direzione del coro

Andreas Heinze

Luci

Jan Seeger

Coreografia

Erica Trivett

Drammaturgia

Hans-Georg Wegner

Semperoper Dresden

Others

Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Dresden

tedesco

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel e Gretel)

Dresda

Germania

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."

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