Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck, from Semperoper Dresden, 2006. Directed by Andreas Morell, conductor Michael Hofstetter. Starring Iris Vermillon, Irmgard Vilsmaier, Antigone Papoulkas, Hans-Joachim Ketelsen. Performed in German.
"Hänsel und Gretel is a fairy-tale opera (Märchenspiel) by Engelbert Humperdinck to a libretto by his sister Adelheid Wette. The idea for the opera was proposed to Humperdinck by his sister, who approached him about writing music for songs that she had written for her children for Christmas based...