Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck ; production by Richard Jones ; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York

Type

Label

Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck ; production by Richard Jones ; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York

Note

A fairy-tale opera in three acts; libretto by Adelheid Wette"A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--ContainerProgram notes by Andrew Porter and synopsis in English (10 p.) inserted in containerBonus: Backstage at the Met: Renée Fleming interviews Met technical director, Joe Clark; Mary Joe Heath interviews Alice Coote and Christine Schäfer; Bring the charachters to life: The world of John Macfarlane

Color

multicolored

Configuration of playback channels

mixed

resource.creditsNote

John Macfarlane, set and costume designer ; Jennifer Tipton, lighting designer ; Linda Dobell, choreographer

Dimensions

other

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Christine Schäfer (Gretel) ; Alice Coote (Hansel) ; Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude (mother)) ; Alan Held (Peter (father)) ; Sasha Cooke (The Sandman) ; Lisette Oropesa (The Dew Fairy) ; Philip Landridge (The Witch) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor ; Renée Fleming, host ; Mary Jo Heath, special guest interviewer

Physical Description

1 videodisc (121 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

(Sirsi) 1162043(OCoLC)261222992

System details

DVD-9; sound formats: LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; NTSC system: 16:9

Video recording publisher number

50999 2 06308 9 8 -- EMI Classics