Engelbert Humperdinck — Hänsel & Gretel (1891-92) a fairytale opera in three acts
Libretto by Adelheid Wette based on the fairytale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Giedrė Šlekytė, Ann-Katrin Stöcker — musical direction
Thom Luz — director
Michael Köpke — set
Tina Bleuler — costumes
Klaas-Jan de Groot — choirmaster
Elfried Roller, Tina Bleuler — lighting
Tieni Burkhalter — visual media
Roman Reeger — dramaturgy

Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Valeriy Murga — Peter Besenbinder
Rosie Aldridge, Irène Friedli — Gertrude/Witch
Svetlina Stoyanova, Siena Licht Miller — Hansel
Christina Gansch, Yewon Han — Gretel
Marie Lombard — Sandman
Sylwia Salamońska-Bączyk — Dewman
Anna Hauner, Diana Voronetskaya — Lichtklavier
Leon Blohm — Stechi
Ondrej Graf — Schlagi

Childrens Choir
SoprAlti der Oper Zürich
Orchester der Oper Zürich
Statistenverein am Opernhaus Zürich

The most famous of all fairytales was an inspiration for composer, Engelbert Humperdinck. The story of siblings, Hansel and Gretel, who get lost in the forest and threaten to fall victim to a witch, became immensely popular in its operatic form. The music takes up well-known folk melodies and combines them with dazzling sonic imagery wandering between dream and reality, fear and fantasy.