Hansel and Gretel (Metropolitan Opera)
I love Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" (here delivered in English). It's an opera that somehow touches the heart and the funny bone through delicious Wagnerian grandeur. Alas Richard Jones's Metropolitan Opera production is rather cleverer than it is charming, and whilst the cast and conductor are strong at this revival, the evening sounded somewhat under-rehearsed.Hansel and Gretel is at its heart a very dark fair…
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