Beschreibung
Hansel and Gretel - a full cast audio play featuring famous melodies and beautiful arias.Experience Engelbert Humperdinck's world-renowned opera Hansel and Gretel as an audio play, performed by esteemed actors, complemented by intricate sound designs and effects as well as plenty of original opera music. Each act is introduced with interesting facts about the life of Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921).When Hansel and Gretel, in disgrace for mucking about, are sent into the woods they fall into the hands of an evil witch. She enchants the two children and wants to roast and eat them. The siblings Hansel manage to save their lives by tricking the witch and push the old woman into her own oven. The children escape and are reunited with their parents.
Autorenportrait
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) komponierte zahlreiche Lieder und Orchesterwerke - am liebsten aber schrieb er Opern für Kinder. Nach seinem Studium am Konservatorium in Köln und der königlichen Musikschule in München wurde er Assistent beim berühmten Richard Wagner und später sogar dessen musikalischer Leiter der Bayreuther Festspiele. Durch seine Kinderoper »Hänsel und Gretel«, 1893 in Weimar uraufgeführt, wurde Engelbert Humperdinck weltweit bekannt.
