When Opera in the Heights announced it would perform Englebert Humperdinck’s gargantuan fairy tale – gargantuan in size of its orchestra – I immediately thought, what a boneheaded mistake, this’ll ...

Hansel and Gretel is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper (fairy tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Opera Saratoga production of “Hansel and Gretel” is an innovative presentation that can be fully appreciated by every member of the family. In this co-production with ...

Hansel and Gretel are the children of a poor broomstick maker and his wife. One day they are playing so boisterously that they neglect their chores, so their mother sends them into the woods to gather ...

San Francisco Opera presents “Hansel and Gretel,” with a score composed by Engelbert Humperdinck, Nov. 15–Dec. 7. Last seen on the War Memorial Opera House stage nearly two decades ago, the popular ...

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Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Union Avenue Opera has opened a delightful production of Hänsel und ...

A patron in the orchestra seats clutched her teddy bear. Clearly, this was no usual night at the opera. The regular villains and heroes were given Wednesday night off, and the stage was filled with a ...

Gingerbread is part of some families’ Christmas traditions. Cannibal witches? Less so. Yet the classic opera “Hansel & Gretel” is a holiday staple, and one that Pittsburgh’s Resonance Works has helped ...

- but those from eight upwards might want something with more bite early on. Everyone works hard on detail, but neither charm nor terror really emerge in the ...

Last night’s opening of the Royal Opera’s revival of its jaunty 2008 production fielded in a splendid cast a tremendous Witch, Jane Henschel, the size of a ship in a cardigan, and with a voice that ...