Vancouver Opera presents Humperdinck’s classic favourite Hansel & Gretel

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Vancouver Opera presents a new family-friendly production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s beloved fairytale opera Hansel and Gretel, featuring the enthralling larger-than-life puppet creations and costume design of world-famous Calgary-based Old Trout Puppet Workshop. The master artisans of Old Trout Puppet workshop have created an enchanting fairy-tale world of visual surprises for ages 6+.

VO’s new production has been abridged from its original length to appeal to young and adult audiences alike. Singers from Vancouver Opera’s prestigious Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program bring fresh energy to this delightful holiday production. The performances will be sung in English, in a new adaptation by stage director Brenna Corner with the lyrics projected above the stage as they are sung.

VO commissioned Russian composer Anatoly Korolyov to create an intriguing and charming new reduced orchestration of Humperdinck’s score, which perfectly suits the intimate Vancouver Playhouse. The sensational 24-year-old Scottish-born conductor Alexander Prior will lead a youthful cast of emerging opera stars, a chorus of fourteen children, and a 14-member ensemble of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra which includes strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, a saxophone and an electric guitar.

Event Artists

CASTHansel: Pascale Spinney* (Mezzo-Soprano)Gretel: Taylor Pardell* (Soprano)Gertrude (mother): Leah Giselle Field* (Mezzo-Soprano)Peter (father): Peter Monaghan* (Bass-Baritone)Sandman and Drew Fairy: Vanessa Oude‐Reimerink* (Soprano)The Witch: Ryan Downey* (Tenor)Puppeteers: Lenard Stanga, Viktor LukawskiWith the Vancouver Opera Children’s Chorus as children, echo, angels and with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.

Vancouver Opera presents Humperdinck’s classic favourite Hansel & Gretel

Date/Time
Thursday, November 24, 2016 - Sunday, December 11, 2016
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Location
Vancouver Playhouse
600 Hamilton Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada, V6B 2P1

Price

Phone
604-683-0222

Website
https://www.vancouveropera.ca/Hansel-and-Gretel

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