Since its premiere in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck's fairytale opera »Hansel and Gretel« has awakened a passion for music theatre in generations of children. Even his great contemporaries – such as Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler or Johannes Brahms – were delighted by this work. It is the successful combination of seemingly folkloric simplicity and the complex musical language of Wagner’s direct successor, of simple melody and artful orchestration, and of socio-critical realism and atmospheric magic that makes the music to the Brothers Grimm’s famous story so captivating. And so the Vienna State Opera's production speaks to both children and adults alike, leading through wondrous projections of a magic lantern into the middle of the fairytale storyline.
Adrian Noble
Director
Adelheid Wette
Writer
Adrian Eröd
Peter, Besenbinder
Janina Baechle
Gertrud, Peters Weib
Daniela Sindram
Hänsel
Ileana Tonca
Gretel
Michaela Schuster
die Knusperhexe
Annika Gerhards
Sandmännchen / Taumännchen
Barbie in the Nutcracker69%
Maria64%
Beauty and the Beast77%
Hansel and Gretel69%
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits72%
Descendants72%
Barbie of Swan Lake70%
Amadeus80%
Comedian Harmonists67%
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall83%
Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical77%
Ballerina72%
The Tales of Hoffmann71%
The Taming of the Shrew69%
Cabaret74%
Hans Christian Andersen62%
Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper75%
The Sound of Music77%
The Hunchback of Notre Dame71%
Jesus Christ Superstar71%
