Hansel and Gretel [videorecording] / Engelbert Humperdinck ; production by Richard Jones ; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York.
A fairy-tale opera in three acts; libretto by Adelheid Wette. Christine Schäfer (Gretel) ; Alice Coote (Hansel) ; Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude (mother)) ; Alan Held (Peter (father)) ; Sasha Cooke (The Sandman) ; Lisette Oropesa (The Dew Fairy) ; Philip Landridge (The Witch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor ; Renée Fleming, host ; Mary Jo Heath, special guest interviewer. Recorded: live from the Met, 1 January 2008. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container. Program notes by Andrew Porter and synopsis in English (10 p.) inserted in container. Bonus: Backstage at the Met: Renée Fleming interviews Met technical director, Joe Clark; Mary Joe Heath interviews Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer; Bring the charachters to life: The world of John Macfarlane.
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
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