HANSEL AND GRETEL
August 2023
Descanso Gardens
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POP opened our 2023-2024 season with an hour-long version of our 2021 hit production! Sung in English, this family-friendly operatic take on the Brothers Grimm tale is ideal for audiences of all ages and was free with admission to Descanso Gardens. POP’s production of Hansel and Gretel has been praised by Opera News as “fresh, imaginative, witty, and imbued with a keen sense of both rhyme and rhythm.”
In September, this production was brought to King's Road Park in partnership with the City of West Hollywood for three encore weekends of "free opera in the park."
Hansel and Gretel
August - September 2023
Descanso Gardens & Kings Road Park in West Hollywood
Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
English Translation by Josh Shaw
Creative Team:
Jack Zager, Stage Director
Brian Holman, Music Director
Maggie Green, Costumer
Cast:
Christine Li, Hansel
Tiffany Ho, Gretel (Descanso) Emily Gallagher, Gretel (WeHo)
Jared Jones, Peter the Father
Erin Theodorakis, Gertrud the Mother (also The Witch at WeHo shows)
Jessica Mamery, The Witch (Descanso)
Brooke Iva Lohman, Dew Fairy/Sandman (Descanso)
