Hansel and Gretel / Engelbert Humperdinck.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921, composer, composer.

Contributor:

Persson, Miah, performer, performer.

Kirchschlager, Angelika, performer, performer.

Plowright, Rosalind, performer, performer.

Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010, performer, performer.

Croft, Dwayne, performer, performer.

Luisi, Fabio, conductor, conductor.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, performer.

Standardized Title:

Hänsel und Gretel. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.

Live sound recordings.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 39 min., 13 sec.))

Other Title:

Met Opera on Demand.

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2010]

Language Note:

Sung in English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

digital

audio file streaming audio file

Summary:

When the only food in the house--a jug of milk--gets spilled by accident, the children are sent into the forest by their angry mother to gather strawberries for supper--with almost fatal consequences. Humperdinck's adaptation of the Brothers Grimm's beloved fairy tale stars Angelika Kirchschlager and Miah Persson as the siblings of the title. Having lost their way in the woods, they encounter a strange old lady who lives in a house filled with sweets--played by the late Philip Langridge in his final operatic appearance. Fabio Luisi conducts.

Contents:

Overture

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

Hurray! 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

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!

Participant:

Miah Persson ; Angelika Kirchschlager ; Rosalind Plowright ; Philip Langridge ; Dwayne Croft ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fabio Luisi, conductor.

Notes:

Recorded live in 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.

Duration: 1 hr., 39 min., 13 sec.

Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.

OCLC:

859397116

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.