Hansel and Gretel

Performance Date: July 24 in Chautauqua’s Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. 

This timeless fairytale follows two siblings bravely navigating a mysterious forest, and their perilous encounter with a mischievous witch and her delectable gingerbread house.   

Chautauqua’s Amphitheater is the perfect setting to bring Engelbert Humperdinck’s mesmerizing and lush score to life with the full power of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, sung in English and transporting audiences of all ages into a fantastical realm.  

MUSIC BY  
Engelbert Humperdinck 

LIBRETTO BY 
Adelheid Wette 

BASED ON  
the story by the Brothers Grimm 

PREMIERED 
December 23, 1893, Deutsches National theater and Staatskapelle Weimar, Weimar, Germany 

STAGE DIRECTOR 
Keturah Stickann 

CONDUCTOR 
Steven Osgood 

SUNG IN  
English with English Subtitles

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