Hansel and Gretel – review

King's Head, LondonSticking fairly closely to its Brothers Grimm source, Humperdinck's musically sophisticated fairy-tale opera adds in enough extra dollops of sweetness and tartness to ensure its continued fascination for audiences of all ages. But Lewis Reynolds's seasonal staging for Open Door Opera doesn't always make the grade in visual or dramatic terms.Virtually uncut, though necessarily slimmed-down for Islington's pub-cum-opera-house, it hits the imaginative buffers in its attempts to c...

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