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A nightmare-inducing Hänsel und Gretel in Munich

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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 25 November 2014
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
Bavarian State Opera
Tomáš Hanus, Conductor
Richard Jones, Director
John Macfarlane, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Michaela Martens, Gertrude / Mother
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Gretel
Rachael Wilson, Sandman
Tara Erraught, Hänsel
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Witch
Sebastian Holecek, Peter / Father
Bavarian State Opera Children's Chorus
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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