Hänsel und Gretel: Paris Opera

About the Event

Experience the magic of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel: music as deep as the lakes of Germanic legends but also strangely familiar.

Engelbert Humperdinck became Richard Wagner’s assistant in Bayreuth at the age of 27. Two years later, the Master died, leaving his disciple 'incomplete'. He traveled throughout Europe, eventually becoming a renowned teacher himself. Ten years later, in Weimar, Humperdinck completed his masterpiece, Hansel and Gretel, based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale. The opera premiered at Christmas under the enthusiastic baton of Richard Strauss.

Performed in German

Yves Abel, Conductor
Mariame Clément, Stage director
Julia Hansen, Sets and costumes
Philippe Berthomé, Lighting
Mathieu Guilhaumon, Choreography

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Peter
Irmgard Vilsmaier, Gertrud
Andrea Hill, Hänsel
Bernarda Bobro, Gretel
Doris Lamprecht, Die Knusperhexe
Elodie Hache, Sandmännchen
Olga Seliverstova, Taumännchen

Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Maîtrise des Hauts‐de‐Seine / Paris Opera children's Chorus