Henschel has the right combination of a Wagnerian cackle and lascivious dimples to be able to say, “I am Rosina Sweet-Tooth and I am as friendly and innocent as baby,” and for just a second make it ...

Hansel and Gretel is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper (fairy tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid ...

Hullo little boy, little girl. Want a cookie? The Union Avenue Opera has opened a delightful production of Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck. You'll never hear this work performed by a more ...

There are plenty of ballets that make a great Christmas production – Nutcracker, Cinderella and Coppelia to name but a few. However, opera that works well for younger visitors is rare. A revival of ...

When Opera in the Heights announced it would perform Englebert Humperdinck’s gargantuan fairy tale – gargantuan in size of its orchestra – I immediately thought, what a boneheaded mistake, this’ll ...

Wilmington Concert Opera, the minority and women run opera company of Delaware, will present their proposed 2020 season, “Back to Before.” The mainstage full opera is Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hänsel ...

Opera isn’t an art form that lends itself well to today’s short-attention-span youth. But the charming, colorful and imaginative production of “Hansel and Gretel” that opened Saturday at the San Diego ...

- but those from eight upwards might want something with more bite early on. Everyone works hard on detail, but neither charm nor terror really emerge in the ...

Mezzo-soprano Claudia Chapa is enjoying her role as the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, currently being produced by Opera in the Heights. The Witch is a sinister, evil character (she eats children, after ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 31 -- Based on one of the German fairytales immortalized by the Brothers Grimm, "Hansel und Gretel" has lived on for more than a century as suitable Christmas fare for generations of ...

Mezzo-soprano Hilary Ginther (l) and soprano Katie Dixon (r) from Opera in the Heights’ Hänsel und Gretel. Photo by St. John Flynn Written in 1892, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel is based ...

In the dark forest, the wind moans through the beech trees whilst two terrified children huddle together; suddenly, as though on cue, the heavens open and rain turns the opera pavilion’s set into part ...