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LOCATION:Komische Oper Berlin\, Berlin
SUMMARY:Hansel and Gretel
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DESCRIPTION:Engelbert Humperdinck’s celebrated fairy-tale opera for the w
 hole family has returned to the stage of the Komische Oper Berlin! In this
  new production by Dagmar Manzel\, the story of the siblings lost in the f
 orest burgeons with fresh new life\, full of childlike imagination\, poeti
 c wit\, and plenty of magic.It’s every parent’s nightmare: one minute 
 you’re scolding the kids\, the next minute they’ve disappeared! Hansel
  and Gretel have grown up living from hand to mouth. So it’s no wonder w
 hen they’re sent into the woods to gather berries. But that’s exactly 
 when Hansel and Gretel immediately lose their way\, after a quarrel with t
 heir mother. Left alone with their thoughts and fears – but also with th
 eir boundless imagination – the two children discover the world of the f
 orest for themselves. And when they stumble upon a witch’s house overflo
 wing with treats\, their worries and hunger seem banished forever. If only
  there weren’t this thing with the witch … because she thinks her ging
 erbread is even better when children are part of the ingredients. It’s i
 n their moment of greatest need that Hansel and Gretel ultimately prove th
 eir amazing strength in defeating evil together. \n\n Hansel and Gretel re
 mains one of the most famous fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm\, to which 
 Engelbert Humperdinck has erected a musical monument with this opera\, col
 ourful and affecting like a Richard Wagner composition\, gripping like an 
 adventure story\, and full of space for magic and imagination.  \n\nAfter 
 the great success of her Pippi Longstocking \, Dagmar Manzel now tackles a
 nother classic of children’s literature. Here\, she’s reviving the mag
 ic of the German fairy tale\, with all its inexplicable facets\, eerie det
 ails\, and invincible belief in goodness. Musical support is provided by c
 onductor Yi-Chen Lin\, who conjures up Humperdinck’s enchanting sounds f
 rom the depths of the forest floor.
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