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An evening of starvation and gluttony with Welsh National Opera's Hansel and Gretel

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Reviewed at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 21 February 2015
Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
Lothar Koenigs, Conductor
Richard Jones, Director
John Macfarlane, Set Designer
Jurgita Adamonytė, Hänsel
Ailish Tynan, Gretel
Ashley Holland, Peter / Father
Miriam Murphy, Gertrude / Mother
Adrian Thompson, Witch
Meriel Andrew, Sandman
Benjamin Davis, Revival Director
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