Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer. He is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel.
Humperdinck, c. 1910
Birthplace of Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel (opera)
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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 Gr
Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)
…Engelbert Humperdinck (German: ; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer. He is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893). Humperdinck was born in Siegburg in the Rhine Province in 1854. After receiving piano lessons, he produced his first composition at the age of…
Scene at the Vienna State Opera, 2015
Strauss in 1894
Set design by Mario Sala in 1902
Hänsel, Gretel, angels