The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Season 2, Episode 2)
Not Rated
TV Episode | 112 min | Musical

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The Metropolitan Opera HD Live

Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Season 2, Episode 2)

Not Rated

TV Episode | 112 min | Musical

Set in the industrialized 1950s, Hansel and Gretel are latch-key kids to a depressed mother and overworked father. The witch runs a stainless-steel kitchen with modern gadgets and a glass-door oven. One hopes it's the self-cleaning kind.

Director

Barbara Willis Sweete (directed for live cinema by)

Writer

David Pountney (translation)

Producers

Louisa Briccetti | Victoria Warivonchik

Composer

Engelbert Humperdinck (as Humperdinck)

Production Designer

John Macfarlane

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 1, 2008

Release date

Mar 26, 2008 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 7 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Vladimir Jurowski Self - Conductor Self - Conductor See fewer	My Mother's Smile (2002)
Renée Fleming Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Mary Jo Heath Self - Special Guest Interviewer Self - Special Guest Interviewer See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Christine Schäfer Gretel Gretel See fewer	Mozart 22 (2006)
Alice Coote Hansel Hansel See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Rosalind Plowright Gertrude Gertrude See fewer	Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010)
Alan Held Peter Peter See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Sasha Cooke The Sandman The Sandman See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Lisette Oropesa The Dew Fairy The Dew Fairy See fewer	The Royal Opera: Rigoletto (2022)
Philip Langridge The Witch The Witch See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Self - Orchestra Self - Orchestra See fewer	Anaconda (1997)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus Chorus Chorus See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Metropolitan Opera Ballet Dancers Dancers See fewer	The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
Joseph Clark Self - MET Technical Director (Intermission) Self - MET Technical Director (Intermission) See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
John Macfarlane Self - Set and costume designer Hansel and Gretel (Intermission) Self - Set and costume designer Hansel and Gretel (Intermission) See fewer	L'Enfant et Les Sortileges (1986)
Sylvia Nolan Self - Met resident costume designer (Intermission) Self - Met resident costume designer (Intermission) See fewer	Great Performances at the Met (1977)
Louie Zakarian Self - makeup artist (Intermission) Self - makeup artist (Intermission) See fewer	Requiem for a Dream (2000)