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Hansel and Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel: Character Map
Hansel and Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel: Roles
| Hansel | their son | mezzo-soprano |
| Gretel | their daughter | soprano |
| Peter | broom-maker | baritone |
| Gertrud | Peter’s wife | mezzo-soprano |
| The Gingerbread Witch | mezzo-soprano | |
| Sandman | the Sleep Fairy | soprano |
| Dewman | the Dew Fairy | soprano |
- Native title: Hänsel und Gretel
- Composers: Engelbert Humperdinck
- Librettist: Adelheid Wette
- Based on: the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel”
- Language: German
- Premiere: December 23, 1893, Hoftheater in Weimar
- Running time: 1 hours 0 minutes (Act 1: 35 minutes, Act 2: minutes, Act 3: 45 minutes)
Hansel and Gretel, Hänsel und Gretel: Short Synopsis
Hansel and Gretel are scolded by their mother and go strawberry picking in the forest. When the parents learn that there is a wicked witch, they immediately go to find their children. Hansel and Gretel meet the Sleeping Fairy and the Dew Fairy. They also meet a witch who tries to turn children into sweets and eat them, but they defeat the witch. They then reunite with their parents, who had come looking for them.