Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Date & Time

Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 19:00

Venue

Hamburgische Staatsoper, Großes Haus (Hamburg)

“Don‘t you know the horrible dark place, don’t you know the evil one lives there?” Hastily, their parents set out for the woods to save Hansel and Gretel from the witch Rosina Leckermaul. As they feared, the children have got lost in the woods and found the gingerbread house. They cannot resist the sweet temptation – and fall straight into the trap of the witch, who likes children so much she could eat them up… literally. As in most tales... Read full text

Keywords: Children and Family, Opera

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Musicians

Adam Hickox	Musical Director
Luiz de Godoy	Leitung Kinderchor
Alexey Bogdanchikov	Peter
Katja Pieweck	Gertrud
Ida Aldrian	Hänsel
Olivia Boen	Gretel
Jürgen Sacher	Knusperhexe
Aebh Kelly	Sandmännchen
Marie Maidowski	Taumännchen
Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper	Childrens’ choir
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg	Orchestra

Program

Hänsel und Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)

Engelbert Humperdinck

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