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Hänsel und Gretel: Fatten kid. Cook. Then eat

4482 days ago
Guardian MusicEngelbert Humperdinck's opera set in a supermarket? Don't miss Glyndebourne's ghoulishly great 2008 production, streamed by the Guardian for a week this ChristmasHänsel und Gretel isn't just Engelbert Humperdinck's most successful opera. It is also ... more info

When the Beatles met Elvis, and John Lennon put his idol's nose out of joint

4560 days ago
Guardian MusicLiverpool exhibition reveals what happened at the first and only meeting between the English group and the American singerIt was the meeting of two of the greatest rock'n'roll acts of the 20th century but the first, and only, rendezvous between the B... more info

Engelbert Humperdinck - Engelbert Humperdinck Honoured In Las Vegas

4635 days ago
ContactMusicVeteran entertainer Engelbert Humperdinck was hailed as the king of Las Vegas on Wednesday (20Jul11) as he received a key to the city. The pop singer, who has regularly sold out Sin City shows throughout his career, received the honour from Mayor Car... more info

John Walker obituary

4708 days ago
Guardian MusicSinger with the Walker Brothers, one of the most popular bands of the 1960sWhile British groups were conquering the American pop charts in the mid-1960s, the American-born Walker Brothers were a three-man invasion of Britain. They were one of the mos... more info

Humperdinck: Königskinder - review

4754 days ago
Guardian MusicBanse/Vogt/Gerhaher/Rundfunkchor Berlin/Deutsches SO/Metzmacher(Crystal, three CDs)When it was premiered at the Met in New York in 1910, less than three weeks after the first performance of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West in the same opera house, Kö... more info

What can we expect from the Wainwright-Cohen superstar spawn? | Tanya Gold

4784 days ago
Guardian MusicThe arrival of Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen is perhaps the least sinister kind of genetic engineering I can think ofWhen I think about Leonard Cohen, the first thing I imagine is death. This is not a cheery introduction to an article on singing ba... more info

Humperdinck: Dornröschen – review

4788 days ago
Guardian MusicFassbaender/Landshamer/Kaiser/Haaks/Bavarian Radio Choir/Munich RSO/Schirmer(CPO, two CDs)Humperdinck's version of Sleeping Beauty, completed in 1902, is an intriguing but ultimately frustrating rarity. It seems determined to reconfigure the familiar... more info

Hansel und Gretel – review

4842 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Opera House, LondonWhen it was first seen two years ago, Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's production of Humperdinck's masterpiece was the Royal Opera's Christmas show, although the initial response was that the tone was not exactly Christmass... more info

Shirley Evans obituary

4954 days ago
Guardian MusicAccordionist who featured in the Beatles' 1967 Magical Mystery Tour filmThe accordionist Shirley Evans, who has died aged 78, accompanied Cliff Richard, Engelbert Humperdinck and Liberace and played Mabel the barmaid in TV advertisements for Carling ... more info

Prom 61: Hansel and Gretel

4958 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Albert Hall, LondonLaurent Pelly's 2008 Glyndebourne staging of Hänsel and Gretel has seen some action. Initially issued for cinema release, it was revived for this year's festival, relayed to a big screen in Somerset House, London, and has no... more info

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