An operatic fairy tale in three scenes.

This time we are planning to prepare a performance for which it would be difficult to set an age limit for its audience. It is difficult, because this limit does not exist, and this is because "Hansel and Gretel", an operatic fairy tale - as the composer himself called his work - is for everyone: for those whose mothers tell beautiful fairy tales at bedtime, for those who read on their own, but also for adults who, just as eagerly as children, escape into the world of fairy tales, fantasies and dreams, from their unfortunately distant childhood. "Hansel and Gretel" is also a feast for the most seasoned music lover. It is not without reason that Richard Wagner himself was delighted with Humperdinck's opera. The excellent musical characterization of the characters, the richness of the melodies, the diversity of moods and th…