{"product_id":"humperdinck-hansel-und-gretel-kirschlager-damrau-dvd","title":"HUMPERDINCK: Hansel und Gretel - Kirschlager, Damrau (DVD)","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"product-name\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/video_preview_TRANSPARENT_BACKGROUND_565b2b52-4875-4de9-9ff3-ddee67763416_480x480.png?v=1637767491\"\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_ekCzIZQkM\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_ekCzIZQkM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_2_5dd0df7b-e128-46a2-bb76-f6754949b44c_480x480.png?v=1639076762\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAngelika Kirchschlager (Hansel); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiana Damrau (Gretel); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElizabeth Connell (Gertrud); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThomas Allen (Peter); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnja Silja (Witch); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePumeza Matshikiza (Sandman);\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"reviews\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"overview\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiana Damrau and Angelika Kirchschlager star in the acclaimed 2008 production of Humperdinck's famous fairy-tale opera, in the company of two of Britain's most revered musical figures: Thomas Allen, playing the role of the Father, and the legendary conductor Colin Davis. Directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser combine their characteristic wit and a dash of deliciously dark comedy with the operas fairy-tale charm. Humperdinck's music mixes catchy folk-like songs with sumptuous instrumental colour, making the result as tunefully approachable, musically memorable and visually delightful as opera gets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFilmed in High Definition and recorded in full Surround Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_TRANSPARENT_BACKGROUND_19f1f35f-afe7-485f-87bf-810c8e4ae222_480x480.png?v=1639501892\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Angelika Kirchschlager’s tousled, boyish Hänsel and Diana Damrau’s Gretel are dramatically convincing and vocally superb, while their parents, excellently sung and played by Elizabeth Connell and Thomas Allen, earn our sympathy as well as our censure. Pumeza Matshikiza’s goblin-like Sandman is truly magical and Anita Watson’s feather-dusting Dew Fairy another amusing creation. Colin Davis, unafraid to relish the icing on the cake, draws a warm, effulgent sound from the orchestra.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(The Evening Standard)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"review\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Not only was the production a great one to attend as a first opera, but the DVD is perhaps as good an introduction to opera as one could hope for, a success on almost every front.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Musicweb International)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExtra features\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIllustrated Synopsis \u0026amp; animated Cast gallery.Interview with Colin Davis.Fairytales feature.Cinema trailer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"OPUS ARTE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47546153992442,"sku":"OA1011D","price":4.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/Hansel_oa1011d.jpg?v=1753387921","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/humperdinck-hansel-und-gretel-kirschlager-damrau-dvd","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}