About the Show
Trouble at home. Two hungry children lost in a haunted forest. The lure of a gingerbread house. The frightening hocus pocus of the predatory Witch. And the smarts of the children who triumph in the end. All wrapped up in the delicious sound world of Engelbert Humperdinck’s operatic masterpiece.
One of the greatest operas about children. Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel is full of music that is sweet and beguiling, and it combines childlike simplicity with heart aching beauty.
Sung in English with English surtitles.
Age Recommendation 9+
"Flamboyance, playfulness and imagination"
The Irish Times
Winner Best Opera Award
Irish Times Theatre Awards 2022
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Creative Team
Directors: Muireann Ahern and Louis Lovett
Conductor: Richard Peirson
Set & Costume Designer: Jamie Vartan
Lighting Designer: Sarah Jane Shiels
Video Designer: Jack Phelan
Sound Designer: Carl Kennedy
Cast
Hansel: Raphaela Mangan
Gretel: Amy Ní Fhearraigh
Mother: Miriam Murphy
Father: Ben McAteer
Witch: Carolyn Dobbin
Sandman & Dew Fairy:
Emma Nash
The Night Watchman: Raymond Keane
Lost Child: Amelie Metcalfe
Lost Child: Ronan Millar
Musicians
Violin 1: Sarah Sew
Violin 2: Larissa O’Grady/Bogdan Sofei
Viola: Andreea Banciu
Flute: Ríona Ó Duinnín
Clarinet: Conor Sheil
Horn: Liam Duffy
Piano: Richard Peirson