The Metropolitan Opera: Hansel and Gretel
Release Date: 2008-01-01
Rating : 0/10
Duration : 120 minutes
Genres : Music, Fantasy
Director : Richard Jones, Barbara Willis Sweete
Writer : Adelheid Wette
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.
Cast
Alice Coote
Christine Schäfer
Philip Langridge
Rosalind Plowright
Alan Held
Sasha Cooke