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** Video recordings include one done in 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
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** Video recordings include one done in recordings:
*** A 1981 studio film, conducted by Georg Solti, with Brigitte Fassbaender, Edita Gruberova, Sena Jurinac, Helga Dernesch, and Hermann Prey.
*** A Metropolitan Opera telecast from 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
*** A 1981 studio film, conducted by Georg Solti, with Brigitte Fassbaender, Edita Gruberova, Sena Jurinac, Helga Dernesch, and Hermann Prey.
*** A Metropolitan Opera telecast from 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
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** Hansel, the brother, is a typical "trouser role" performed by a mezzosoprano.
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** Hansel, the brother, is a typical "trouser role" performed by a mezzosoprano.mezzo-soprano.
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** The Sandman and the Dew Man are both performed by sopranos. In English-language productions, the latter tends to be gender-bent into a female Dew Fairy.
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not just for laughs — there are directors who genuinely consider tenors to fit the part better
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** The Witch is often played by a tenor in drag for the laughs.
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** The Witch is often played by a tenor in drag for the laughs.drag.
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** Video Recordings:
*** 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
*** 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
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** Video Recordings:
***recordings include one done in 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael DevlinDevlin
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** Hansel, the brother, is a typical "trouser role" performed by a mezzosoprano.
** The Witch is often played by a tenor in drag for the laughs.
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* CrosscastRole:
** Hansel, the brother, is a typical "trouser role" performed by a mezzosoprano.
** The Witch is often played by a tenor in drag for the laughs.
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* ActingForTwo: In Humperdinck's opera.
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* ActingForTwo: In Humperdinck's opera.
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* AllStarCast: For Humperdinck's opera, as Hansel, Gretel, the Witch, the Mother, and the Father:
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* AllStarCast: For Humperdinck's opera, as As Hansel, Gretel, the Witch, the Mother, and the Father:
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* OneBookAuthor: ''Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy'' is the only film credit his director, John Paul ever had. Nothing else is known about him.
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* OneBookAuthor: ''Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy'' is the only film credit his its director, John Paul ever had. Nothing else is known about him.
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* FollowTheLeader: Engelbert Humperdinck was a former assistant to Music/RichardWagner, and the opera is so heavily influenced by Wagner's style that it has been affectionately described as "Wagner for kids."
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* FollowTheLeader: Engelbert Humperdinck was a former assistant to Music/RichardWagner, and the opera is so heavily influenced by Wagner's style that it has been affectionately described as "Wagner for kids.""
* OneBookAuthor: ''Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy'' is the only film credit his director, John Paul ever had. Nothing else is known about him.
* OneBookAuthor: ''Hansel and Gretel: An Opera Fantasy'' is the only film credit his director, John Paul ever had. Nothing else is known about him.
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* FollowTheLeader: Engelbert Humperdinck was a former assistant to Creator/RichardWagner, and the opera is so heavily influenced by Wagner's style that it has been affectionately described as "Wagner for kids."
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* FollowTheLeader: Engelbert Humperdinck was a former assistant to Creator/RichardWagner, Music/RichardWagner, and the opera is so heavily influenced by Wagner's style that it has been affectionately described as "Wagner for kids."
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*** 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
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*** 1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael DevlinDevlin
* FollowTheLeader: Engelbert Humperdinck was a former assistant to Creator/RichardWagner, and the opera is so heavily influenced by Wagner's style that it has been affectionately described as "Wagner for kids."
* FollowTheLeader: Engelbert Humperdinck was a former assistant to Creator/RichardWagner, and the opera is so heavily influenced by Wagner's style that it has been affectionately described as "Wagner for kids."
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** Sometimes the mother and the witch are also sung by one singer.
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** Sometimes the mother and the witch are also sung by one singer.singer.
*AllStarCast: For Humperdinck's opera, as Hansel, Gretel, the Witch, the Mother, and the Father:
**Audio Recordings:
***1947, conducted by Max Rudolf: Risë Stevens, Nadine Conner, Thelma Votipka, Claramae Turner, and John Brownlee
***1971, conducted by Kurt Eichhorn: Anna Moffo, Helen Donath, Christa Ludwig, Charlotte Berthold, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
***1978, conducted by Georg Solti: Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Anny Schlemm, Julia Hamari, and Walter Berry
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***1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
*AllStarCast: For Humperdinck's opera, as Hansel, Gretel, the Witch, the Mother, and the Father:
**Audio Recordings:
***1947, conducted by Max Rudolf: Risë Stevens, Nadine Conner, Thelma Votipka, Claramae Turner, and John Brownlee
***1971, conducted by Kurt Eichhorn: Anna Moffo, Helen Donath, Christa Ludwig, Charlotte Berthold, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
***1978, conducted by Georg Solti: Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp, Anny Schlemm, Julia Hamari, and Walter Berry
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***1982, conducted by Thomas Fulton: Frederica Von Stade, Judith Blegen, Rosalind Elias, Jean Kraft, and Michael Devlin
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* ActingForTwo: In Humperdinck's opera.
** The same singer often performs as the Sandman and the Dewman. Not only are both parts written for a soprano, but the characters' functions parallel each other – the Sandman is the evening fairy that lulls people to sleep and the Dewman is the morning fairy that wakes them up.
** Sometimes the mother and the witch are also sung by one singer.
** The same singer often performs as the Sandman and the Dewman. Not only are both parts written for a soprano, but the characters' functions parallel each other – the Sandman is the evening fairy that lulls people to sleep and the Dewman is the morning fairy that wakes them up.
** Sometimes the mother and the witch are also sung by one singer.
