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Youthful Berlin audience relishes Humperdinck's fairy tale opera

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Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 16 December 2014
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Andreas Homoki, Director
Wolfgang Gussmann, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Elbenita Kajtazi, Dew Fairy, Sandman
Miriam Gordon-Stewart, Gertrude / Mother
Kim-Lillian Strebel, Gretel
Stephanie Lauricella, Hänsel
Jörg Schörner, Witch
Markus Brück, Peter / Father
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