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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 (1 hr., 42 min., 27 sec.)) : sound, colo
- Other Title:
- Met Opera on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1982]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English; English subtitles; translated from the German.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- video file streaming video file
- Summary:
- Director Nathaniel Merrill and designer Robert O'Hearn work operatic magic in this brilliant production of Humperdinck's cherished favorite. What Christmas is complete without this sumptuous musical retelling of the classic fairy tale, replete with guardian angels, a sandman, dew fairy, and, of course, a witch and her enticing gingerbread house. This performance, sung in English, features Frederica von Stade as the loveable but mischievous Hansel and Judith Blegen as his charming sister Gretel. Rosalind Elias is the evil Witch.
- Contents:
- Opening credits
- Prelude
- Suzy, little Suzy, now listen with care
- Hansel, come and dance with me
- Hansel!
- Tralalala, tralalala, tralalala
- There's a witch who lives in the wood alone
- Interlude: The witche's ride
- Now once upon a time in the wood alone
- When night comes softly creeping
- Now I lay me down to sleep
- I'm wide awake each morning
- Where am I?
- Stay there! Don't move!
- Nibble, nibble mousey
- The wind, the wind
- Brrr! Hocus pocus, witch's curse
- The oven is ready
- Come, wake up, my little dunce
- Hurrah! We're free, we broke the charm
- We are safe! We are free
- Look! Mother, there they are
- Bows and closing credits.
- Participant:
- Frederica von Stade ; Judith Blegen ; Jean Kraft ; Michael Devlin ; Rosalind Elias ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Thomas Fulton, conductor.
- Credits:
- Director, Nathaniel Merrill.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in 1982 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 859396173
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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