Ndr Family Concert »«hänselchen Und Gretelchen« – Rolf-Liebermann-Studio, Hamburg

About this event

This is a staged family concert built around excerpts from Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel. NDR Brass, a brass ensemble made up of musicians from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, performs the adapted material for an audience aged three and over. The production presents the opera's familiar melodies in a brass-quintet arrangement by Frank Rudhardt. The listed musical sequence includes the children's song “Suse, liebe Suse”, “Ein Männlein steht im Walde”, the father's “Tralalalala”, the Sandmännchen scene and the “Abendsegen”. Christina Dean is credited with “Szenerie”, indicating responsibility for the scenic or staging component of the concert. The sources do not provide separate credits for director, stage design, costumes, lighting or choreography. The Rolf-Liebermann-Studio is the stated performance location, but no separate stage or hall designation is supplied.

Cast & creative

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  Scenic Staging

  Christina Dean
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  Composer

  Engelbert Humperdinck
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  Librettist

  Adelheid Wette