Hansel and Gretel | Opera review

Glyndebourne"Deliciously witty with an underlying subtext of modern consumerism" is how Glyndebourne's blurb describes Laurent Pelly's 2008 production of Hansel and Gretel, now on its first revival. Pelly has re-imagined Humperdinck's masterpiece as a Brechtian fable about the consequences of being poor and hungry. Given that Glyndebourne is as much about eating as about song, this is a production that first and foremost puts two fingers up at its affluent audience.Hansel and Gretel (Alice Coote...

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