Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)
Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer. He is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893).
Engelbert Humperdinck, c. 1910
Birthplace of Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel (opera)
Hansel and Gretel is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper. The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale of the same name. It is much admired for its folk music-inspired themes, one of the most famous being the "Abendsegen" from act 2.
Scene at the Vienna State Opera, 2015
Strauss in 1894
Set design by Mario Sala in 1902
Hänsel, Gretel, angels