HANS OG GRÉTA / HANSEL AND GRETEL
STAGE DESIGN
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Engelbert Humberdinck´s fary-tale opera Hansel and Gretel is based on the Grimm brothers "Hansel and Gretel" and was composed to a libretto by the composer´s sister Adelheid Wette and was firstly composed as a play for the children in the family to perform. It turned out as a full-scale opera and was premiered in Weimar in December 1893 and has been performed near Christmastime ever since.
Performed in Norðurljós, Harpa
Opera by Engelbert Humperdinck
Stage Director: Þórunn Sigþórsdóttir
Music Director: Bjarni Frímann
Costume Designer: María Th. Ólafsdóttir
Lighting Designer: Jóhann Friðrik Ágústson
Performed by: Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir, Jóna Kolbrúnardóttir, Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir, Oddur A. Jónsson, Dóra Steinunn Ármannsdóttir, Kristín Mantyla, Graduale choir of Langholtskirkja, Orchestra of the Icelandic Opera