Metropolitan Opera Company: New York 2010 (FM) FLAC

Orchestra and Children's Chorus
with
Philip Langridge: tenor
Miah Persson: soprano
Angelika Kirchschlager: mezzo-soprano
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
live at the Metropolitan Opera House
New York City USA
January 02, 2010
worldwide live FM broadcast

Program:
Hansel and Gretel
Opera in Three Acts
sung in English
Music by Engelbert Humperdinck, [1854-1921]
English libretto by David Pountney

Original libretto in German by Adelheid Wette (the composer’s sister), after a story by the Brothers Grimm
- World Premiere: Weimar, Hoftheater, December 23, 1893
- U.S. Premiere: New York, Daly's Theater, October 8, 1895 (in English)
- Metropolitan Opera Premiere: November 25, 1905

The Cast
Gretel: Miah Persson [soprano]
Hansel: Angelika Kirchschlager [mezzo-soprano]
Gertrude [Mother]: Rosalind Plowright [mezzo]
Peter [Father]: Dwayne Croft [baritone]
The Witch: Philip Langridge [tenor]

Note: Tracking and track titles are improvised.

CD 1 78:02 minutes
101 radio intro A 5:38
102 radio intro B 0:37

103-I-01 Prelude 7:20
Act I At Home

Scene 1: Hansel and Gretel
104-I-02 Goosey goosey gander the mouse in the straw...bored children home alone 5:40
105-I-03 Little brother dance with me 3:42

Scene 2: Mother, Hansel and Gretel
106-I-04 Mother arrives, catches the children neglecting their work, accidently breaks a jug with all of the milk she had saved for dinner, and angrily sends them off to the forest to pick berries. 2:19
107-I-05 The broken jug 1:47

Scene 3: Father and Mother
108-I-06 Rah-la-la-la! Father brings a feast 6:26
109-I-07 Where are Hansel and Gretel? There's an evil old witch in the forest! Father and Mother rush out to look for the childen. 5:49

Act II In the Forest
110-II-01 Prelude 4:12

Scene 1: Hansel and Gretel, Echo
111-II-02 The little man in a purple cloak 3:17
112-II-03 Cuckoo, cuckoo 3:34
113-II-04 Gretel, I think we've lost our way 3:55

Scene 2: The Sandman, Hansel and Gretel
114-II-05 The Sandman's song 2:56
115-II-06 Hansel and Gretel's prayer 2:51

Scene 3: Hansel and Gretel
116-II-07 Hansel and Gretel's dream 5:32
117 radio outro 7:47
118 intermission feature: In Memoriam 2009 4:29

CD 2 48:17 minutes
201 radio intro A 4:38
202 radio intro B 0:40

Act III The Gingerbread House
203-III-01 Prelude 2:20

Scene 1: The Dew Fairy, Hansel and Gretel
204-III-02 The Dew Fairy's song 1:29
205-III-03 Hansel and Gretel awaken 5:17

Scene 2: Hansel and Gretel and The Witch
206-III-04 The Gingerbread House appears 2:06
207-III-05 Let's taste some! 1:34

Scene 3
208-III-06 Greedy little mousies, stop nibbling at my housie 6:43
209-III-07 Hocus Pocus, the children are caught 1:15
210-III-08 Now Gretel, be sensible 1:48
211-III-09 Hocus Pocus elderbush, you can move now whoosh! 2:50
212-III-10 The Witch rides her broom 1:30
213-III-11 Show me your tongue my sweet 3:12
214-III-12 Look in the oven, bend down and try it's easy as pie; Hansel and Gretel push the Witch into the oven and the Witch is dead; The Gingerbread Children begin to stir 2:56

Scene 4: Hansel and Gretel, The Gingerbread Children
215-III-14 The Gingerbread Children are changed by Gretel's touch back to living children 3:41

Finale: Hansel and Gretel, Father and Mother
216-III-15 The family reunited 2:11
217-radio outro 3:57

Source/lineage: FM stereo radio>PC>Soundforge>WAV>tracked, edited and EQ'd in Soundforge>WAVs>SBEs repaired, checksum and FLAC-8 files created in Trader's Little Helper
Standard disclaimer: This was recorded from an analog FM broadcast. There may be audible FM hiss and other flaws.

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