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Done to a turn: something for everyone in The Royal Opera’s Hansel and Gretel

Heidi Stober (Gretel) and Kate Lindsey (Hansel)
© The Royal Opera | Tristram Kenton 2024
Hansel and Gretel
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Thomas Lehman (Peter) and Catherine Carby (Gertrude)
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Carole Wilson (Witch)
© The Royal Opera | Tristram Kenton 2024
Kate Lindsey (Hansel) and Heidi Stober (Gretel)
© The Royal Opera | Tristram Kenton 2024
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“I am more easily entertained... by rhyming ‘flustered’ with ‘custard’”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 22 December 2024
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel (Sung in English)
The Royal Opera
Giedrė Šlekytė, Conductor
Antony McDonald, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lucy Carter, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Royal Opera Chorus
Kate Lindsey, Hänsel
Heidi Stober, Gretel
Carole Wilson, Witch
Thomas Lehman, Peter / Father
Catherine Carby, Gertrude / Mother
Valentina Puskás, Dew Fairy
Sarah Brady, Sandman
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