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Hansel and Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921, composer, composer.
- Standardized Title:
- Hänsel und Gretel. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 50 sec.)) : sound, colo
- Other Title:
- Met Opera on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2008]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English; translated from the German.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- video file streaming video file
- Summary:
- This deliciously dark take on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale, appealing to audiences of all ages, was part of the Met's popular English-language holiday series. Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer star as the famous siblings lost in the woods, who battle the ravenous Witch--a zany portrayal by tenor Philip Langridge--while the Met orchestra, under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski, glories in the rich, folk-inspired score.
- Contents:
- Introduction by Renée Fleming
- Overture and opening credits
- Goosey, goosey gander
- Alright, I'll tell you on one condition
- Little brother, dance with me
- Hansel! What the hell d'you think you are doing?
- Out! Out! Go at once
- Ral-la-la-la, ral-la-la-la
- But wait
- where are Hansel and Gretel?
- At night it's a gruesome and sordid place
- The witch's ride
- A dwarf stood in the forest but never spoke
- Just look at these berries, the basket's groaning!
- Cuckoo, cuckoo, eggs are blue!
- Gretel, I think we've lost our way
- I am the little sandman
- Where each child lays down its head
- Dream Pantomime
- Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: Interview Met technical director Joe Clark
- Prelude
- When dew drops on the daisy
- Where am I?
- I feel so good here in the wood
- Keep still! Not a sound!
- Nobody answers
- Greedy little mousey
- My name's Rosina Lickspittle
- Halt! Hocus pocus
- Now Gretel, you're the sensible one
- The dough is made
- So hopp hopp hopp, galopp lopp lopp
- Now wake up, it's time to eat
- Ja hei! Now that the witch is dead
- The dead arise, but cannot see
- Look
- they are standing there!
- Bows and closing credits
- Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: Interview with Met technical director Joe Clark
- Backstage at the Met: Mary Jo Heath interviews Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer
- Bringing characters to life: The world of John Macfarlane.
- Participant:
- Alice Coote ; Christine Schäfer ; Rosalind Plowright ; Alan Held ; Philip Langridge ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor.
- Credits:
- Director, Richard Jones.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in 2008 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 859396151
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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