Name: Hänsel und Gretel
Start: 2021-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera)

Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Jana Horáková Levicová

Hansel

Soprano

Jana Sibera

Gretel

Václav Sibera

The Gingerbread Witch

Lenka Pavlovič

Fairy

Baritone

Svatopluk Sem

Peter

Jana Sýkorová

Stage director

Matěj Forman

Costume designer

Andrea Sodomková

Set designer

Choreographer

Veronika Švábová

Dramaturge

Beno Blachut

Conductor

Richard Hein

Jiří Hájek

Veronika Hajnová

Kateřina Jalovcová

Michaela Zajmi

Yukiko Šrejmová-Kinjo

Martin Schreiner

Lucie Silkenová

National Theatre Prague

Orchestra

State Opera Orchestra

Others

Kühn Children's Choir

Czech

Hänsel und Gretel -  (Hansel and Gretel)

Prague

Czech Republic

Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera)

Hänsel und Gretel Humperdinck

Public

Hansel and Gretel

Saurav Kumar

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Tenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel is one of the most frequently performed operas in Germany. Inspired by the Grimm brothers’ popular fairy tale, the libretto was written by the composer’s sister Adelheid Wette, who modified the rather macabre story, adding the characters of the Sandman and the Dew Fairy, as well as the instrumental dream pantomime scene in the forest, and concluding it with the resurrection of the witch’s victims and the happy reunion between the children and their parents. With the music written in the grand Wagnerian romantic style, Humperdinck’s opera also contains folk rhythms, songs for children and old melodies. The world premiere, in Weimar on 23 December 1893, was conducted by Richard Strauss, totally enraptured by the piece. Enraptured too was the audience, and Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel has ever since remained extremely popular in Germany, where every December it has been performed at more than 35 opera houses. In 1905, the piece was first shown at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where it has often been staged during Christmas.

Our current adaptation of Hänsel und Gretel is directed by Matěj Forman, primarily known to Prague audiences as the designer of the magical scenery for the highly acclaimed productions La Belle et la Bête, A Walk Worthwhile and Enchantia, which he has created in recent years for the National Theatre Opera together with his brother Petr. Matěj Forman and his team’s conception of the musical fairy tale was inspired by the world of itinerant theatre.

Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, Fri 10 Dec 2021, From (2021/2022), Directed by Matěj Forman,, Conductor Richard Hein, Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera), Prague, Czech Republic

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues