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“Russell Braun, as ever, throws himself into the role of Peter”
Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 6 February 2020
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
Canadian Opera Company
Johannes Debus, Conductor
Joel Ivany, Director
S Katy Tucker, Set Designer, Projection Designer
Ming Wong, Costume Designer
Emily Fons, Hänsel
Simone Osborne, Gretel
Michael Colvin, Witch
Russell Braun, Peter / Father
Krisztina Szabó, Gertrude / Mother
Anna-Sophie Neher, Dew Fairy, Sandman
Canadian Opera Company Chorus
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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