Artist

Admin

Conductor

Clinton Smith

Stage director

Barry Johnson

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Sarah Mattox

The Gingerbread Witch

Soprano

Ksenia Popova

Gretel

Baritone

John David Boehr

Peter

Sylvia Szadovszki

Hansel

Corinna Quilliam

Gertrude

Pacific Northwest Opera

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel and Gretel)

Mount Vernon

United States

McIntyre Hall Performing Arts & Conference Center

McIntyre Hall

Hänsel und Gretel

Public

Hansel and Gretel

Approved

Hansel and Gretel is based on the classic tale by the Brother’s Grimm and has too often been treated as a “children’s opera.” The music is anything but. Engelbert Humperdinck was a student of Richard Wagner and although Hansel and Gretel contains many recognizable tunes, chief among them “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep,” these simple melodies are propelled by a lush orchestration evocative of Wagner’s powerful romanticism presented in a very accessible form. It is an ideal first opera for any age, and the music will thrill and move even the veteran opera goer. We have relocated our production from the Bavarian Alps to the Mount Baker wilderness, based on paintings for the production by noted artist, Susan Bennerstrom.

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Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, From (2015/2015), Directed by Barry Johnson,, Conductor Clinton Smith, McIntyre Hall Performing Arts & Conference Center, Mount Vernon, United States

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