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Hansel and Gretel at Seattle Opera: Laurent Pelly's cautionary fairy-tale

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“a supermarket wonderland of pre-packaged, corn syrup-drenched merchandise”
Reviewed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle on 15 October 2016
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
Seattle Opera
Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Conductor
Laurent Pelly, Director, Costume Designer
Barbara de Limburg, Set Designer
Sasha Cooke, Hänsel
Ashley Emerson, Gretel
John Easterlin, Witch
Mark Walters, Peter / Father
Marcy Stonikas, Gertrude / Mother
Amanda Opuszynski, Dew Fairy, Sandman
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