HANSEL UND GRETEL

Composer: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK Book by ADELHEID WETTE, from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. First performance: Hoftheater, Weimar, Germany, December 23, 1893 3 scenes. HANSEL AND GRETEL are sent into the woods to pick berries. and when thev are sleepy lie dcwn to rest. They get lost, Angels come down to protect them, ' and they spend a peaceful night only to be caught in the morning by the Witch of the forest who loves to eat children. The alert children contrive to lock he in the oven that has been prepared for them. Her death brings to life all the children who have been lost before. The parents of Hansel and Gretel arrive to take the children home.