Humperdinck: Haensel Und Gretel (bluray)
Label: ARTHAUS Catalog: 108135 Format: Welser-Möst; Corsaro; Sendak; Children‘s Chorus and the Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House; Muff; Lechner; Nikiteanu; Hartelius; VogelComposed by: Humperdinck,Engelbert Humperdinck‘s Hänsel und Gretel steeped in the guileless world of folk-song: children‘s songs and dances, idyllic forest scenes, supernatural material and the central thematic chorale are rooted in German traditional music. Conductor Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Zurich Opera House Orchestra in this Frank Corsaro production designed by Maurice Sendak. “This stylish and tasteful production is full of witty ideas: new characters are invented and added affectionately to familiar ones...the children involved are allowed to be charmingly themselves.” Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich Price: $52.98 |