Live
Only on
Certain chapters are not available.
Thank you for your understanding.

Engelbert Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel

I: Prelude

I, 1: "Suse, liebe Suse, was raschelt im Stroh?" (Gretel, Hänsel)

I, 1: "So recht! und willst du nun nicht mehr klagen" (Gretel, Hänsel)

I, 1: "Brüderchen, komm tanz' mit mir" - Tanzduett (Gretel, Hänsel)

I, 2: "Holla! ... Himmel! Die Mutter!" (The Mother, Hänsel, Gretel)

I, 2: "Marsch! Fort in den Wald!" (The Mother)

I, 3: "Ral la la la, ral la la la, Heissa Mutter, ich bin da!" (The Father

I, 3: "Ho ho! Wer spek-spektakelt mir da im Haus..." (The Mother, The Father)

I, 3: "Doch halt, wo bleiben die Kinder?" (The Mother, The Father)

I, 3: "Wenn sie sich verirrten im Walde dort" (The Mother, The Father)

I, 3: "Eine Hex', steinalt haust tief im Wald" (The Mother, The Father)

II: Prelude

II, 1: "Ein Männlein steht im Walde" (Gretel, Hänsel)

II, 1: "Mein Erbelkörbchen ist voll bis oben!" (Gretel, Hänsel)

II, 1: "Gretel, ich weiss nicht den Weg nicht mehr!" (Hänsel, Gretel, Echo)

II, 1: "Der kleine Sandman bin ich,st!" (Sandman, Hänsel, Gretel)

II, 2: "Abends, will ich schlafen gehn" (Hänsel, Gretel)

II, 3: Dream Pantomime (Orchester)

III: Prelude

III, 1: "Der kleine Taumann heiss'ich" (Taumann)

III, 1: "Wo bin ich? Wach'ich?" (Gretel, Hänsel)

III, 2: "Bleib' stehn!" (Gretel, Hänsel)

III, 2: "Wie duftet's von dorten" (Gretel, Hänsel)

III, 3: "Knusper knusper Knäuschen" (A voice outside, Hänsel, Gretel, Children)

III, 3: "Ich bin Rosina Leckermaul" (Hexe, Hänsel, Gretel)

III, 3: "Halt! Hokus pokus, Hexenschuss!" (Hexe)

III, 3: "Nun Gretel, sei vernünftig und nett" (Hexe, Gretel, Hänsel)

III, 3: "Hurr hopp hopp hopp" (Hexe)

III, 3: "Auf' wach' auf, mein Jüngelchen" (Hexe, Gretel, Hänsel)

III, 3: "Juchhei! Nun ist die Hexe tot" (Hänsel, Gretel)

III, 4: "Erlöst, befreit, für alle Zeit!" (Children, Gretel, Hänsel, the Father)

III, Finale: "Vater! Mutter!" (Hänsel, Gretel, the Mother, the Father, All)

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel

Johannes Felsenstein (stage director), Markus L. Frank (music director) – Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau

Opera
Subscribers

Cast

Johannes Felsenstein — Stage director

Stefan Rieckhoff — Set designer, conductor

Susanne Schulz — Dramaturgy

Ludmil Kuntschew — Peter

Alexandra Petersamer — Gertrud

Sabine Noack — Hänsel

Cornelia Marschall — Gretel

Program notes

Hocus pocus! Hansel and Gretel in a fairy production by Johannes Felsenstein

Hansel and Gretel, two young children from a humble family living on the edge of the Ilsenstein forest are making brooms and stitching a stoking. But the idea of a rice cake for dinner diverts them from their domestic toils. The mother, Gertrud, comes in and scolds them for not working. Alas! The milk pot intended for the making of the cake is spilled over. The mother, both despaired and sorry for her hungry children, sends Hansel and Gretel into the wood to pick strawberries, unaware of the danger to which she exposes them. Peter, the father, comes back from a neighboring hamlet, the pockets full of victuals. Where are the children? Gone into the woods, replied the mother. The father is terrified. The woods are inhabited by a witch who eats lost children. Hansel and Gretel fight over the last strawberries, when suddenly a wonder appears before their eyes: a gingerbread house! Hansel and Gretel rush to the house, wolfing down windows, doors, walls, everything a house could be made of. Who's here? The witch appears, Hansel and Gretel are frozen to the spot. Hocus pocus! Hansel is stiff, ready to be put in the oven. Thankfully, Gretel grands the witch's wand. Hocus pocus! The witch is defeated. Gingerbread children have turned back into humans.

Hansel and Gretel is a fairy-tale opera (Märchenspiel) composed by Engelbert Humperdinck in 1891, who drew his inspiration from the well-known eponym tale collected by the Grimm Brothers. Much admired for its folk music-inspired themes, Hansel and Gretel is a classic of the operatic repertoire which has never ceased to be performed since its creation in 1893 in Weimar under Richard Strauss' baton. But besides this success, Hansel and Gretel plunges the audience into an enchanting world full of wonders, into childhood memories.

medici.tv - Back to medici.tv

The world’s premier resource for classical music programming: stunning live events from the world’s most prestigious halls, plus thousands of concerts, operas, ballets, and more in our VOD catalogue!

Our programs

Learn more

Useful links

  • Cookie Settings

Follow us

© MUSEEC SAS 2025 . With the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the CNC.

Europe media CNC