Opening Today!
Posted by Philipp Brieler on 12/24/2007Richard Jones’s new production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel opens today at 1 P.M. Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer star as the siblings of the title, with Philip Langridge as the Witch and Rosalind Plowright and Alan Held as the parents. Russian maestro Vladimir Jurowski conducts.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:59 am
The music is spare but beautiful. The singing and acting were excellent. The chefs were eyecatching and diversionary. I missed the bright colors of the gingerbread house. Overall a very satisfactory experience.
January 10th, 2008 at 7:34 am
I saw the New Years Day performance in HD with my school age daughters. It is still with me. We all found the opera to be visually and musically enthralling. The reckless use of food throughout the acts touched upon our tastebuds and appetite, as if we were there! The Sandman song literally brought me to tears, and my 10 year old daughter now puts herself to sleep thinking about this song and the 14 angels. This opera was a virtual masterpiece. Awaiting the DVD…