| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 4-Feb-2012 Theatre Royal | A Traditional Hänsel and Gretel from Scottish Opera | David Smythe |
 with The Witch (Leah-Marian Jones), (c) Richard Campbell.jpg) It has become customary to give recent productions of Hänsel and Gretel a modern and often murkier twist, perhaps mirroring the current surge in popularity of darker stories, and the appetite for Nordic noir in particular. Humperdinck’s sister Adelheid Wette adapted the tale from the original Grimm brothers, lightening it considerably in the process, for her own children to perform with some songs composed by her brother. The opera eventually followed.Read full review... | ||
