Voice
SKU:
AP.6-438260
Composed
by Engelbert Humperdinck.
Complete Score. Dover
Edition. Masterwork;
Romantic. Score. Dover
Publications #06-438260.
Published by Dover
Publications
(AP.6-438260).
ISBN
9780486438269.
English.
An instant
and overwhelming success
upon its first
performance in 1893,
Hänsel and Gretel has
captivated audiences of
all ages ever since.
Engelbert Humperdinck
combined the simplicity
of German folk tunes with
the sophistication of
Wagnerian technique in a
fairy-tale opera, based
on the story by the
Brothers Grimm. Richard
Strauss, who conducted
the premiere, proclaimed
it a masterpiece of the
highest quality.
Broadcast from Covent
Garden in 1923, it was
the first complete opera
ever aired on radio, and
eight years later it was
the first to be
transmitted live from the
Metropolitan Opera.
