Guardian Music — Engelbert 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

Guardian Music — Liverpool 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

ContactMusic — Veteran 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

Guardian Music — Singer 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

Guardian Music — Banse/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

Guardian Music — The 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

Guardian Music — Fassbaender/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

Guardian Music — Royal 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

Guardian Music — Accordionist 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

Guardian Music — Royal 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