‘Hansel and Gretel’ opera at ASU
ASU's Opera Theatre in the Hayes School of Music will perform Englebert Humperdinck’s 'Hansel and Gretel' March 29 through April 1.
Student musicians from Appalachian State University’s Opera
Theatre in the Hayes School of Music will perform Englebert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” March
29 through April 1.
The performances will take place in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert
Hall on campus. The performance will last approximately two hours with a brief intermission.
Performances begin at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is
$6 for all students. Tickets are $12 for the general public. Tickets are available at the Farthing
Auditorium box office, by calling (828) 262-4046 or online at
http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=21217. Tickets also will be available at
Rosen Concert Hall before each performance.
Humperdinck’s opera is based on the Grimm
brothers’ fairytale in which Hansel and Gretel are left in the woods to save their parents from
starvation during a famine. The children find a house made of candy and start eating
it. A witch lures them into the house, promising beds and food. When the witch prepares an oven to
cook the children, Gretel pushes the witch in and frees her brother.
