Hänsel und Gretel: Fatten kid. Cook. Then eat

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 one of the most successful operas of all time. Premiered in 1893, the work was instantly labelled a "masterpiece" by its conductor Richard Strauss, even though it is a somewhat sanitised version of the Brothers Grimm original. Instead of an evil step...

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