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Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel (Blu-ray) | Opus Arte OABD7032D

Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel (Blu-ray)

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OABD7032D

Barcode: 0809478070320

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 1st June 2009

Contents

Artists

Angelika Kirchschlager
Diana Damrau
Elizabeth Connell
Thomas Allen
Anja Silja
Pumeza Matshikiza
Anita Watson
Tiffin Boys’ Choir and Children’s Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Colin Davis

Works

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Hansel und Gretel

Artists

Angelika Kirchschlager
Diana Damrau
Elizabeth Connell
Thomas Allen
Anja Silja
Pumeza Matshikiza
Anita Watson
Tiffin Boys’ Choir and Children’s Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Colin Davis

About

Diana Damrau and Angelika Kirchschlager star in the acclaimed 2008 production of Humperdinck’s famous fairytale opera, in the company of two of Britain’s most revered musical figures: Thomas Allen, playing the role of the Father, and the legendary conductor Colin Davis. Directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser combine their characteristic wit and a dash of deliciously dark comedy with the opera’s fairytale charm.

Humperdinck’s music mixes catchy folk-like songs with sumptuous instrumental colour, making the result as tunefully approachable, musically memorable and visually delightful as opera gets.

Cast:
- Hansel: Angelika Kirchschlager
- Gretel: Diana Damrau
- Gertrud: Elizabeth Connell
- Peter: Thomas Allen
- Witch: Anja Silja
- Sandman: Pumeza Matshikiza
- Dew Fairy: Anita Watson

Stage Directors: Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 12th and 16th December 2008.
Filmed in High Definition and recorded in full Surround Sound.

Angelika Kirchschlager’s tousled, boyish Hänsel and Diana Damrau’s Gretel are dramatically convincing and vocally superb, while their parents, excellently sung and played by Elizabeth Connell and Thomas Allen, earn our sympathy as well as our censure. Pumeza Matshikiza’s goblin-like Sandman is truly magical and Anita Watson’s feather-dusting Dew Fairy another amusing creation. Colin Davis, unafraid to relish the icing on the cake, draws a warm, effulgent sound from the orchestra.’ - Evening Standard

Bonus material:
- Illustrated synopsis & animated cast gallery
- Interview with Colin Davis
- Fairytales feature
- Cinema trailer

Picture: 1080i High Definition / 16:9
Sound: 2.0 & 5.1 PCM
Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4
Disc size: BD50
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
Menu language: EN
Region code: All regions
Running time: 138 mins

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