"Hansel and Gretel" (Frederica von Stade, Judith Blegen)

[broadwaymaniac92]

i think i'm one of the only people that likes the new met production better. granted, there are parts that are way too dark but i think i'm just really enamored with alice coote's hansel.

[MultiLoren23]

can someone please upolad the full version of this oprea?

[warandcheese]

it just does not work.....in english. sure,

[middleschoolschwartz]

I was in this production (one of the children's chorus at the end) and it was hands down, the favorite of all of the children's chorus. That's Judith Blegen as Gretel, one of the sweetest people on the planet. Rosalind Elias played the Witch so brilliantly and had impeccable timing, so much so that you could clearly hear all the kids laughing in the audience.

[AndrewRudin]

How I miss this wonderful old production. The new, "Oh-so-hip" production, with it's rather perverse images takes all the wonderful and genuine sweetness from this great opera. The prayer and pantomime with the angels used to move me to tears. Too bad it's now history.

[TheContessa52]

Beautiful Classic, gorgeous singing and so very accessible for children. The current tripe playing at the Met is a disgrace. Don't waste your money. Buy this DVD and wait for a new production that reflects what the composer intended.

[jerallovesyou]

the little kitten is cute!

[klassicalkid90]

I would love to see some on act three with the witch.

[russedav5]

Just a lovely opera! Far superior to most of them that are just fancy porn no truly civilized decent people watch, only the pretentious who fool only  themselves, not the great God of Hansel & Gretal, Jesus Christ.

[Beto246]

Yes indeed! They was so cute and talented! Thanks for sharing this.

[ArielchanTempest]

Would you happen to have the rest of this or know some1 on here on YouTube who does? It's a breath of fresh air to see such a beautiful traditional production!

[suzanneetmoi]

@ArielchanTempest The Met has released this great recording on DVD last year!

[Autumnwalk2]

How cute!!!

[klassicalkid90]

Who played the witch in this production?

[suzanneetmoi]

@klassicalkid90  Rosalind Elias played the Witch in the 1982 cast. In earlier years, she played Hansel on the same stage!

[fairlytaleofnewyork]

They are absolutely wonderful Hansel and Gretel together.

Many thanks for posting. What a delight!

[mickmikado]

This is how i like to see this opera done,ime sick of the weird productions trying to find some deep meaning to this lovely fairy tale opera.

[KnusperhexeRosmer]

@mickmikado Mee too!

[eniotnasnyw]

@mickmikado I totaly agree!

[jewelmarkess]

@mickmikado Exactly! This was such a gorgeous production. I saw it at the Met.. so beautiful, magical. I couldn't watch the current production.

[cantanteporsiempre]

this is adorable!!!

[suzanneetmoi]

I well remember seeing this live- what a delight! Adore Flicka!

[schneecindy]

Das ist viel schöner als die neue MET-Produktion! This is better than the new MET-production!!!!

[loverflicka]

DVD available too at Amazon!

[loverflicka]

Good news to all Flickas's fans!!!

This DVD is now available at -zonadecompras- (with 3 -w- at front and -com- at back, of course) Then, on -búsqueda avanzada- write -Thomas Fulton- and that's it .

And what a price!

[KnusperhexeRosmer]

Why in the worls did they drop this lavish production??? Giving way for the new, modern Eurotrash??ß unbelievable!!! MET give us this one back!!!!

[loverflicka]

A million thanks for posting! It's the most beautiful video I''ve seen in a very long time. And Flicka is so, so beautiful too...

[MegaRuthruth]

They are great. My favorite as well.

[DanRobSo]

Metropolitan Opera - please nuke the godawful H&G production current on the boards and bring O'Hearn's beautiful fairy tale back to the stage. Everyone in this performance is having the time of their lives. The DVD is now impossible to find and second-hand copies are going for very high prices on Ebay and Amazon.

[90lysander]

@DanRobSo Yes, Met - bring back this production and make the DVD available again while you're at it!

[orozcoboy]

My favorite performance of Hansel and Gretel ever!