Hänsel und Gretel, E. Humperdinck
Hampstead Garden Opera, November 10-19th 2023, Jackson’s Lane, London
https://hgo.org.uk/hansel-und-gretel/

‘Jeanne Pansard-Besson has produced a visually startling and enchanting show’ Ham&High

‘Jeanne Pansard-Besson’s production of Hänsel and Gretel for HGO is ingenious and cleverly inventive’ Seen and Heard International

‘The climax of the first half  – the evening prayer duet with the children under the gaze not of angels but of their adult selves – is extraordinarily moving… I will remember the first half of this production for a long time’ Plays to See

Photos: Laurent Compagnon

Conductor: Thomas Payne
Set and costumes designer: Michelle Bradbury
Lighting designer: Sofia Alexiadou
Choreographer: Simeon Qsyea

Hänsel: Rozanna Madylus/ Alexandra Meier
Gretel: Beren Fidan/ Felicitas Wrede
Mother and Witch: Sophie Patterson/ Mae Heydorn
Father: Armand Rabot/ Oskar MacCarthy
Sandman: Amelia Langley/ Kitty Casey
Dew Fairy: Cerys Macallister/ Marie Cayeux