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Scottish National Opera - Hansel and Gretel
Opens: 04/02/2012 Closes: 18/02/2012
Scottish tour
This folky 19th-century opera is based on the Brothers Grimm tale and composed by Humperdinck, with a libretto by his sister, Adelheid Wette. A new translation reaches the UK, with 22 choral children and a 65-strong orchestra contributing to a dark, if family friendly, evening at the opera.
For more information visit:
http://www.scottishopera.org.uk/11-12/hansel-and-gretel
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60%
The Telegraph“A refreshingly naïve view of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel... ” Nostalgic adults in the audience loved it all, and I was increasingly charmed myself. I only wonder whether horrid cynical children, fed on Roald Dahl and JK Rowling, might find it filled with a teaspoon too much sugar...
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90%
The Stage“A joyful production...” It is playfully done, without dumbing down for a young audience. Bill Bankes-Jones’ new English translation is vulgarly appropriate and the tone is unerringly upbeat...
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60%
Guardian“A pretty, well sung but fairly banal rendition...” Bill Bankes-Jones' direction and doggerel translation told the action straight, but he sanitised any psychological intrigue and stripped away the dark magic of the forest. There was little enchantment to the blunt rhyming couplets...
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