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Humperdinck’s children’s opera retells the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.
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Humperdinck’s children’s opera retells the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.
Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest after their mother accidentally breaks the milk jug they were meant to watch. As night falls, the Sandman puts them to sleep, and angels guard them. In the morning they find a gingerbread house and are captured by a witch who plans to eat them. Gretel steals the witch’s wand, frees Hansel, and tricks the witch into the oven. The gingerbread children are restored to human form, and the children reunite with their parents.
The Goose-Girl, held by a witch, falls in love with a King’s Son. The witch’s prophecy identifies them as the rulers destined for a nearby town, but the townspeople reject them and drive them away. Years later, exhausted and starving, the lovers seek shelter at the witch’s ruined hut and eat her enchanted death-bread, dying together. The Fiddler and the children return too late and carry them away for burial.
A wayward nun leaves her convent with a knight after being influenced by an evil minstrel. A living statue takes her place as she faces hardship and an accusation of witchcraft; the nun eventually returns with her dying infant and is forgiven.
Humperdinck’s children’s opera retells the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.
Hansel and Gretel are sent into the forest after their mother accidentally breaks the milk jug they were meant to watch. As night falls, the Sandman puts them to sleep, and angels guard them. In the morning they find a gingerbread house and are captured by a witch who plans to eat them. Gretel steals the witch’s wand, frees Hansel, and tricks the witch into the oven. The gingerbread children are restored to human form, and the children reunite with their parents.
The Goose-Girl, held by a witch, falls in love with a King’s Son. The witch’s prophecy identifies them as the rulers destined for a nearby town, but the townspeople reject them and drive them away. Years later, exhausted and starving, the lovers seek shelter at the witch’s ruined hut and eat her enchanted death-bread, dying together. The Fiddler and the children return too late and carry them away for burial.
A wayward nun leaves her convent with a knight after being influenced by an evil minstrel. A living statue takes her place as she faces hardship and an accusation of witchcraft; the nun eventually returns with her dying infant and is forgiven.