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Benjamin Lewis

Peter

Andreas Jören

Mezzo-soprano

Brigitte Bauma

Gertrude

Dara Savinova

Hansel

Soprano

Simone Krampe

Gretel

Nando Zickgraf

The Gingerbread Witch

Annina Olivia Battaglia

Sandman

Dewman

Conductor

György Mészáros

Stage director

Guta G N Rau

Set designer

Klaus Hellenstein

Costume designer

Tatiana Tarwitz

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Francesco Damiani

Dramaturge

Elisabeth Wirtz

Landestheater Detmold

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel and Gretel)

Detmold

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Hansel and Gretel

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Two desperately poor siblings, sent out of the house by their mother, who get lost in the dark forest despite the trail of breadcrumbs, an insidious crispy witch in the gingerbread house, which despite its sugar-sweet appearance becomes a death trap: the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, above all "Hänsel and Gretel", have fascinated all age groups since they first appeared over 200 years ago. In 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck created the first major musical adaptation of the fairy tale, which has remained in the repertoire of opera houses in an unbroken tradition to this day. He succeeded in creating a family opera par excellence, and this is not only due to the tonal design with folk melodies and late-Romantic ones orchestral language, but also in the poetic naivety of the work. Humperdinck's fairy tale play,

English

Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, From (2018/2019), Directed by Guta G N Rau,, Conductor György Mészáros, Landestheater Detmold, Detmold, Germany

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