Hänsel und Gretel

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Hansel and Gretel
Composer
Engelbert Humperdinck
Librettist
Adelheid Wette
Based On

the original fairytale by the Brothers Grimm

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1932
Language
see notes

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Gaetano Merola
Hans Blechschmidt
Stage Director(s)
Armando Agnini

Cast

Hansel, a child
Maria Lothrop
Gretel, a child
Queena Mario
Witch
Kathryn Meisle
Peter, a broom-maker, the father
Arnold Gabor
Gertrude, his wife, the mother
Evelyn MacNevin
Sandman, the Sleep Fairy
May Sewall
Dewman, the Dawn Fairy
Bascha Malinoff

Show Dates

Time and Place

not specified

Scenes

Act I -- House of the Broom-maker
Act II, Scene 1 -- In the Woods; Evening
Act II, Scene 2 -- In the Woods; The next morning

Media

Notes

To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.

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Part I of a double bill, with two ballets: "La Valse" and "Bolero" 


Part II was:

BALLET DIVERTISSEMENTS

Ravel, La Valse -- Poème Choréographique
San Francisco Opera Corps de Ballet
Estelle Reed, Première Danseuse
Choreography created by Estelle Reed

Group I -- The Misses Noyes, Fontanella, Lee, Wheeler, Howell
Group II -- The Misses Lawrence, Twohig, Semur-Sellman, McNutt, Vasilieff, Gates, Gleason
Group III -- The Misses Lauché, Torassa, Overton, Johnson, Scheehl, Bugbee, Harland, and Estelle Reed
Peasants, Waltzers, Children, and Troubador (Nikolay Vasilieff)

Ravel, Bolero
The Dancer -- Estelle Reed

Conductor, Gaetano Merola
Stage Director, Armando Agnini