Saturday Afternoon at the Opera: Hansel and Gretel
01/02/10 1:00PM
Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Angelika Kirchschlager as Hansel and Miah Persson as Gretel in HumperdinckÕs ÒHansel and Gretel.Ó
Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Taken at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on December 10, 2009
The live Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel is followed by a vintage recording of Die Kluge by Carl Orff.
Playlist
12:58pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |
1:06pm
Hansel and Gretel: Acts I and II
| Composer | Engelbert Humperdinck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
| Conductor | Fabio Luisi |
| Soloists | Miah Persson, soprano ; Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano ; Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano ; Dwayne Croft, baritone ; Philip Langridge, tenor |
| Record co./Cat # | Met Broadcast |
| Release Year | 2010 |
2:35pm
Hansel and Gretel: Act III
| Composer | Engelbert Humperdinck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
| Conductor | Fabio Luisi |
| Soloists | Miah Persson, soprano ; Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano ; Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano ; Dwayne Croft, baritone ; Philip Langridge, tenor |
| Record co./Cat # | Met Broadcast |
| Release Year | 2010 |
3:29pm
Die Kluge
| Composer | Carl Orff |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Wolfgang Sawallisch |
| Soloists | Marcel Cordes, baritone ; Gottlob Frick, bass ; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano ; Georg Wieter, bass ; Rudolf Christ, tenor ; Benno Kusche, baritone |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 63712 |
| Release Year | 1956 |
4:48pm
Der Rosenkavalier (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Strauss |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Christoph Eschenbach |
| Soloists | Renée Fleming, soprano ; Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano ; Walter Berry, bass |
| CD/Album | Renée Fleming Strauss Heroines |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 466314 |
| Release Year | 1999 |
4:54pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |