Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel Und Gretel - E. Gruberova, B. Fassbaender, Georg Solti (HD 1080p)

[@lookingood364]

My mother bought me the record of this opera when I was a child and I played it over and over again on my little turntable. The music has always stayed with me. I sat here and cried while I watched it now at 59 years old, remembering those childhood days. Music is magic.

[@karlhinkel6123]

they sold here an VHS-Cas. - probably now available on DVD

[@gabrielepresby9120]

Makes my heart sing.

[@florencionogalesmunoz2028]

@@gabrielepresby9120 did not stop listening to this delicious music when I reached adulthood

[@sebashengst31]

do you know in what year they made it wich name etc? I have the same nostalgisch feelings!!!

[@lookingood364]

@@sebashengst31 This is the one I had. They sing in English, but it's well done. www.discogs.com/Engelbert-Humperdinck-Hansel-and-Gretel/release/6741414

[@thomasherreiner3583]

As a German I feel nothing describes the German soul better than this masterpiece. It is often seen as an opera for children but I think it is for all ages with an open heart for fairytales and beautiful and romantic stories. And this is what Germans actually are at the bottom of our hearts. Often we are considered as good engineers and organizers, but lack humor and emotion. Be assured this is a cliché and only half the story. The truth is that Germans love myths, fantasy and fairytales, just like you 🧙‍♀️☺️

[@andymilstenmusic8520]

Das ist die Wahrheit!!

[@acrossthenorthernsea]

Absolutely agree about it being for all ages!

[@23gregorius]

Hier kommt noch eine der schönsten Elemente zu Tage, die bei Wagner ( ich kann seine übertriebene Musik nicht leiden) völlig fehlt. Es ist der Einfluss der Göttlichkeit durch das wunderbare Lied Abends wenn ich schlafen geh.

[@Erdnussspass]

Fühl ich ganz genauso!

[@ArgoPower]

I'm sorry for your fate.😢

[@josipmickovic2572]

I love this brings back memories of my primary and secondary high school days, I'd study on Sundays in my room listening to black metal and anarcho punk and when finished would go to the living room where my mom would listen to this and we'd prepare dinner together and bake cakes.. Good old times

[@alexj.denton7453]

Black Metal and "Anarcho" Punk... Eww 🤢🤮

[@Edward245100]

Simply the best Hansel and Gretel ever - and with English subtitles too! Opera does not get any better than this.

[@wskfan]

+Edward245100 Do you already know the channel of Domspatzenfan ???

[@Edward245100]

+wskfan Yes, an interesting small clip there of the Finale to H&G as done by real children as opposed to adults. It looks far better but the Humperdinck opera is on a Wagnerian level and so requires that it be done by adults, not children. H&G is mostly done very badly by almost everyone, but the Solti version is done quite well. Thanks for the tip.

[@pega17pl]

Yes, H&G is Grand Romantic Opera on Wagnerian level at its best. Beside one male voice you need six (!) different female voices. (A shame if directors replace the witch by tenor!) All of them have to be great professional opera singers! At video above we have luck to get all this opera needs and deserved including top conductor of top orchestra.

[@pega17pl]

+Edward245100 "Simply the best Hansel and Gretel ever" Did you ever listen to studio audio record where Christa Ludwig sings the witch?

[@alexandreandrade3728]

My father had this on tape. He died 25 years ago. Had to get thid on dvd online. Too many good memories from this opera. Absolutely love it. Finally on KZbin! Thank you for this! ❤😢

[@ronhenggeler3776]

When Hansel and Gretel fall asleep in the forest and are visited by the fourteen angels who come to protect them, the opera becomes transcendental. And the camera catching the wide eyes of the children in the audience who are viewing this luminous scene, adds to the moment's magical spell. This is an absolutely incredible staging of the opera. (the passage begins at 50:01 and finishes at 1:03)

[@SpencerMusicSchool]

This is a beautiful production. This opera was always part of my Christmas holiday season. I sang as a child in the chorus of this opera and my mother played Gretel. I still have visions of wonderful Gingerbread my grandmother baked for the reception. I love the sweetness of this production..beautifully done. Not like that horrible new Met production with the Julia Child's witch, and dark humor. This production and the one from the 80s with Von Stade and Blegen are my favs. Glorious masterpiece.

[@uslines]

I've been looking for this for years. Since I first viewed it on Public Television so long ago. I recall weeping when observing the wide-eyed wonder on the faces of the small children. Beautifully sung and orchestrated. The angels descending over Hansel and Gretel absolutely breathtaking.

[@sophiesoprano]

I also cried right now in the same instance.

[@vobi07]

Ich habe das in meiner Kindheit gesehen und nie vergessen.

[@desrtangl]

I remember when this aired on PBS when I was a kid in the 80s. Drew Barrymore was a story teller in between acts and would explain what was going on. We taped it on VHS and was on rotation for YEARS! Forever my favorite opera!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

desrtangl hello my friend. My wife and I as well recorded on VHS. It was my daughter's favorite Opera at the time she was 4 years old. My daughter would say to me Dad can we do Hansel and Gretel she meant and I will play the part of the Witch. I was a lyric Spinto Tenor. I was in a concert choir in high school. My father Daniel would say to me. My son you are just like me to you music is like breathing. My daughter Danielle had a beautiful voice.. MY father had a beautiful voice he was more a lyric spinto. My daughter would love to act out at 2 with the witch and Hansel and Gretel. She would say to me Dad what do you do the witch and I will do Hansel and Gretel. She would watch it so much we wore out the tape. At an early age of 2 years old she went to her first opera with myself my wife wouldn't go she had bronchitis. She has listen to Rigoletto before with Joan Sutherland. She said patiently at the concert hall at the University. She asked me very quietly when is she going to sing the song? I would tell her. It'll be in a second. Act. The song she was referring to Aria was" Caro Mio ; there many people there mostly elderly and they would say to her during intermission and she was enjoying the Opera. She responded I really do but right now my favorite is Traviata. They were so impressed by her and so was I I felt very proud of her. She had an IQ of 140. She also tell them she liked Madame Butterfly as well and Carmen. She said to them my dad can sing opera very matter-of-fact they asked me what I saying I told him I seem very sorry Arias from Giuseppe Verdi Giacomo Puccini. When she was 4 years old who recorded Hansel and Gretel broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera. I believe it was 1981. Just like you my friend we were out the tape. When she was 21 she bought me the CD of Hansel and Gretel send in German with Ileana cotrubas and Federica Von Stade Kiri TEKANAWA. She loved it so much and so did I am my wife. I enjoyed your comment. Thank you my friend for listening sincerely Arnold Bourbon Amaral please excuse my typos I use a microphone when I make a comment do to an autoimmune disease. I will be okay thank you once again

[@chriswilson6494]

Humperdinck's masterpiece is in my view is in the top ten operas ever written. The closest in style would have to be Sondheim's "Into the woods". I remember seeing this stage at school in Form 1 and it settled in my brain straight away. It also encourage me to be a composer (like my father), and to begin composing opera's when I turned fifty. I am now sixty and have worked on forty operas. But above all things - if I could write music as wonderful as this I would be the luckiest man living my childhood dreams.

[@julianfaranda]

You and me both, this is the opera that has inspired me on so many levels, not just to write like this but also to write a whole series of musicals based on each fairy tale in this sort of style, I even wrote a red riding hood song in the style of Schubert

[@CountAxel]

I saw this in Philadelphia when i was in kindergarten and I was also hooked!

[@chriswilson6494]

Good for you, people need to be inspired.

[@elgar104]

Steady on. It's charming enough. But it's derivative and has some uncomfortable aryan over tones... There are probably 10 greater operas written in each decade. Possibly many of which neither of us have ever heard of....

[@bronxbearbud272]

Edu16 Okay, I'll bite: "uncomfortable Aryan undertones"? Do tell...

[@samh.6886]

I'm so happy to find this on youtube! It brings back so many childhood memories for me...

[@sonjamiim7355]

Ein Meisterwerk... Mich berührt es auch... In welcher Armut doch Menschen gelebt haben.

[@MA-wq8zt]

und heute leider immer noch Millionen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt

[@hostlangr]

@@MA-wq8zt, nur *ein Zehntel* des Vermögens der 100 Reichsten könnte ALLE aus der Not befreien!

[@charlottefeldman4815]

Maestro Solti was indeed a master of his craft. God bless his memory.

[@Klassiker-]

And Hermann Prey too! God bless his memory.

[@jambones100]

Olympic 1911 a wonderful baritone!

[@kellierichardson4100]

I am part of the national boys choir of Australia and I'm performing this in German

[@jono4731]

Kellie Richardson Ollie?

[@kellierichardson4100]

@@jono4731 mums account

[@flare.southpark]

Wow

[@alexj.denton7453]

​@@kellierichardson4100Kleine Welt huh?

[@nikanorsoter7123]

Fassbaender, Prey, Solti, Everding waren leuchtende Namen in meiner Kindheit und Jugend. Vielen Dank für's Hochladen, noch dazu in technisch hoher Qualität. Mein Kopfhörer dankt es noch mehr als meine Boxen.

[@Ponal-]

Die 70er und 80er Jahre waren wunderbar! Meine Mutter liebte die Oper, der Plattenspieler lief bei uns zuhause ununterbrochen und von daher habe ich noch sehr viel in Erinnerung. Klangvolle Namen wie Sutherland, Freni, Domingo und natürlich Pavarotti!

[@SprintendeAmeise]

Ich singe da mit, ich liebe dieses Stück!

[@marcusadrian7646]

There are little operas which are perfect from the first to the last note. Humperdincks masterpiece is one of them. Great cast and Solti is probably the best possible conductor for this.

[@mariocorinthios7202]

E' stata mia madre a farmi scoprire, cinquant'anni fa, quest'opera meravigliosa...questa è forse la migliore edizione in assoluto!

[@gregorylittle1461]

@@mariocorinthios7202 Veramente!

[@bencrowbeardfletton9510]

49:00 - 1:02:00 One of the most magical scenes i've ever heard and seen - beautiful (including the looks on the kids faces). What a stunning performance.

[@Treborstuben]

Sir Georg Solti is the perfect conductor for this composition. He reminds me of a cratchity old grandpa telling this story to a young child on his knee.

[@nicosiv]

I visit this film often. When people ask me what my favorite music is, I say it's a two-way tie. Mozart's Requiem, and Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel. The angel sequence (called the Dream Pantomime) is so humanely beautiful and sublime that it ranks as one of the greatest achievements in musical composition ever. That is my opinion of course. But in all the years I've listened to classical music, that opinion has never wavered. It leaves me choked up, staggered and amazed, profoundly moved, often close to tears. Thanks Humperdinck!

[@hapecilarisa7787]

Best interpretation ever! Well done! Nice job. You made cry and I am 30 years old haha. Bravo!

[@alexj.denton7453]

11:20 i love this part when Gretel says Dies lange Gesicht, Oh welcher Graus!! lightly mocking and scolding Hänsel for being verdrießlich, grumpy in a bad mood in English 😂 i love this opera

[@jameslyman5793]

I've wanted to see this version for years ever since I was a kid. Thanks for uploading.

[@katzenpapa76]

Wunderbare Oper und stimmlich Schauspielerich sehr gut besetzt

[@monikagaal]

Dear Edita Gruberova, you're such an angel here 😭💞

[@mk5244]

....Große Oper, zu allen Zeiten Stoff für Kinder jeden Alters. Großartige Einspielung! Mi piace moltissimo

[@christinelubkemann9042]

In meine Kindheit habe ich das in Fernsehen geguckt,seit dem nie vergessen ,so schön .

[@Klassiker-]

Ich habe es Anfang der 70er Jahre mit meinen Eltern in der Duisburger Oper gesehen! Unvergesslich!

[@horst-jurgenmoller3109]

Thank you very much for this Opera "Hänsel +Gretel"

[@josettepiacenti1165]

I just sang the Mother in a workshop production, a concert version, not staged. I can tell you, some of this music is hard! Tricky entrances, and its fast. I love the opera and yes, it is a masterpiece. Love this version, acted beautifully, with Gruberova and Fassbaender. Helga Dernesch does a great job as the mother, and I wish I could do it as well in performance. All the performances are excellent, from one who has studied the score, namely, me.

[@pega17pl]

Hansel & Gretel is Grande Romantic Opera.

[@ardeladimwit]

@@pega17pl well no, it's not.

[@simonkawasaki4229]

Many critics dismiss this opera as an unsuccessful replication of Wagner, but, to me, it seems to be different. The studier can learn a thing or two from the orchestration. Wonderful to see the stunning Dernesch!

[@sabineschute648]

Sehr schön!Das ist genau mein Geschmack, besonders für Weihnachten.

[@marcabelsmann6058]

Ne

[@knoblauchzehe7793]

DaRobin öhm ne? Haha

[@victorberistain9536]

Es muy difícil escoger una grabación definitiva, todas tienen a los grandes nombres de la Lírica hasta para los personajes más breves, pero si hubiera de elegir sería definitivamente la versión de Anna Moffo al Hänsel y Helen Donath a la Grettel, la insuperable bruja de Christa Ludwig y el resto del reparto es todo un manjar vocal con Fischer-Dieskau, Berthold, la hermosa Lucia Popp y la brillantísima Arleen Augér. Ese filme es igualmente excelente y visualmente muy atractivo, Gruberova es increíble como Grettel y Birgitte compone un Hänsel muy “hombrecito” y simpático, pero definitivamente la joya de la corona es la bruja de Madame Jurinac, vocalmente es fantástica y su actuación es increíble, los efectos especiales son muy hermosos y propios del estilo del filme, hermosa versión sin duda.

[@alextzvetkov112]

Wow, what a masterpiece.. it reminds me of my childhood

[@shmac96]

Gorgeous! Lovely! got me all teary eyed at the end! Cant wait to start singing the Father! Hope I can do it justice! Thank you for sharing this video! Loved it!

[@markmiller9579]

A must listen every holiday season. I always listen to the Met's productions. The music grew on me (it took a while), especially the rich orchestration.

[@alexj.denton7453]

16:55 ach brüderlein ach Hänselein, I love that part

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

Magnificent! Portrayed with great humanity, heart and soul, seldom witnessed in operatic performances. All involved in this production are at the highest level of their craft. Humperdinck must be weeping with joy. Makes the Mets production seem horrendously vulgar.

[@bernhardreinisch7552]

Schön der Abendsegen den ich und meine Großmutter immer beteten! Herr Jesus ich will schlafen gehen .lass 14 Engelein bei mir stehen...😊❤

[@margielyons6282]

An incredible performance. I think these singers are the best! Great filming, and showing the youthful audience is a wonderful asset. 🌲🕯🌲

[@valerianoherrera7248]

Para los que por diverss causas no podemos ver y escuchar en directo estas JOYAS,Mil gracias por compartirlo.

[@willrobinson1229]

Thank you for uploading this wonderful performance! It was a perfect Christmas gift to be able to watch it.

[@jimjennings7623]

Nobody like Solti. With his conducting, Humperdinck lives again!

[@lovelyone3243]

In compare to the Eichhorn recording pretty boring- although I love Solti mostly...

[@edithkehrmann7926]

Yes and with the wonderful Singers!

[@suziex4567]

Amazing. , thank you so much for this educational delight. Now I know the real story which Humperdink wanted to share. What a huge difference from the story I was told as a child. I will pass it on .. *****

[@lutzmahnke7269]

einfach wunderbar und die beste Einspielung! ^^

[@Darqhadouken]

I remember watching this with my dad on PBS in the late 80s...

[@andrewferguson5653]

I remember watching this one during a broadcast man years ago, so pleased to have found it again!

[@alexacortes579]

Watching this because we are doing this opera at my university and I’m playing Hansel

[@jsssonnn44]

최정윤교수님 오페라의 감상 좋아요누르면 A+받는다

[@potrelviewer9536]

The entr'acte between 55:24 and 1:06:18 is absolutely gorgeous...

[@jpvino58]

Yes, you are right. It is!

[@lsmith145]

This video makes me so happy. Thank you Georg. 1:44:57

[@jordanschaps661]

Pure MAGIC! The work and this performance. Stopped me in my tracks. WOW!

[@Toelzerfanclever]

The final scene at 01:39:00 ...:))) By the way: The Vienna Boys´Choir was singing !

[@Matalik1]

That kind of music is perfect for Christmas time! Thank you so much. Voilà, certes, le genre de musique absolument parfaite pour le temps des Fêtes. Salutations du Québec.

[@chgem.2658]

I wish for a lavish production like this of Humperdinck's second masterpiece "Royal children".

[@gregorypalmer5403]

It is said that the world premiere of Puccini 's Trittico was at the Met Opera a week or two before Konigskinder debuted at the Met . And that while the audience and critic reception for Trittico was very enthusiastic, it was ecstatic for The Kings Children!

[@chgem.2658]

@@gregorypalmer5403 Not trittico but girl of the golden west.

[@gregorypalmer5403]

​@@chgem.2658Thank you ! You are right ! Even more impressive an achievement on Humperdink's part , then !

[@frogmouth]

It's an amazingly frank portrayal of poverty and distress. Gorgeous voices . Entertainment for kids is often much less scary now. Or the scary bits are presented in cartoon form which frames it as fiction . This is really strong stuff artistically as well as the narrative content ..really enjoyed it.

[@MrSwifts31]

Richard Strauss conducted the first performance of Hansel and Gretel.His wife Pauline De Ahna was due to sing Hansel in this performance but was sick. Wagner so trusted Humperdinck,that he allowed him (when conducting rehearsals)to alter Wagner's scores where he saw fit.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Absolutely wonderful performance. I think it's the one of the better ones it will go on my playlist under Hansel and Gretel and under operas. Thank you very much for posting. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@flare.southpark]

Sehr schön

[@ArgoPower]

I heard the first time in 2011 and I never forgetten it.. when it becomes winter I have every year to heard almost once

[@magdalenesulau8804]

Meine Lieblingsoper und dann noch mit Hermann Prey❤❤❤

[@soturner955]

Beautiful Humperdinck, Sir Georg Solti !

[@sandytheviolin]

... omG... 52:33 ... ... ... I had to cry immediately... ... ... also... 1:41:33 ... ... ... 1:46:36... ... ... :'''O ... it was such a nice performance... :)

[@andymilsten9096]

sandy theviolinelover So did I😢😢😢😢

[@kataleah1798]

What I like about this opera is that the witch can be sung by both a female or male and it still has the same effect. Both versions are phenomenal in my opinion. No transposition needed either, same key different octave. I know this because I was in a production (as a ginger bread child obviously😉) and our witch was sung by a man

[@TomGrega]

Thanks for sharing, great for the holidays!

[@jeffallcock4561]

Absolutely love it, the overture & the whole opera

[@tanyakrych3046]

I watched this millions times growing up. This is amazing

[@christinelubkemann9042]

das ist wunderschön

[@tebaldoable]

Magnifica, come garantito, del resto, dal gran nome di Sir Georg Solti!

[@alextzvetkov112]

tebaldo able hai ragione, è veramente bello

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This will transcend sorrows and joys of our trasient lives less than100 years

[@lydiapurple]

Thank you so much for sharing this, I have always loved this opera. This production especially was beautiful and moving.

[@LazlosPlane]

Magnificent! Thank you!!!!

[@angelito2144]

I don't care to sound superficial, but my favourite part of this movie has always been 19:59 XD

[@Christin5554]

es ist aber eine Schande wie heute die Bühnenbilder verschandelt werden und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute nicht mehr in die Oper gehen.

[@ludwigernst7427]

diese Verflmung ist nicht so schlecht habe sie jetz auf DVD obwohl ich vom ZDF Mittschnittservice noch einen älteren Film von 1970 mit den Regensburger Domspatzen habe wo diese die Hauptrollen singen sowie das Sandmännchen und Taumännchen nur die nur Vater und Mutter so wie die Hexe wurden von Operstars gesungen! Der Vater von Walter Berry, die Mutter von Ruth Hesse, sowie die Hexe von Eva-Maria Görgen!

[@lsmith145]

52:31 Even heaven itself does not compare to the graciousness of this performance

[@andymilsten9096]

Leland Smith that is so true!

[@constantijnblondel7672]

@1:21:20 Not bad, Mrs. Jurinac, not bad at all (this is an understatement :) ). In general though, wow, what an amazing cast - and how nice to catch the VPO on one of their few-and-far-between inspired days ;)

[@oooooo2062]

Que bello! muy tierna la Gruberova, para mi esta es la 2da mejor, la mejor grabación de esta Ópera es la de Helen Donath como Grettel y Anna Moffo como Hansel, valla, tiene el mejor reparto, Moffo, Donath, Auger, Popp y esa bella y graciosa bruja de La Ludwing

[@Koloth2000]

Look at all those cute little German children.

[@raymondgood2359]

filmed in vienna- they're austrian children not german.

[@ChupeTTe]

@@raymondgood2359 The Austrian and German race is really similar, nearly identical.

[@이상호-l5c1z]

@@raymondgood2359Austrians are ethnic germans

[@Koloth2000]

This is such beautiful music

[@robs__9593]

i love that opera... ich liebe diese oper!

[@Tararu3500]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@Donteatacowman]

If you came here for Over the Garden Wall (and make no mistake, this is enjoyable if you watch the full version), go to 22:28.

[@zapcoolman8816]

was looking for this comment, thank you ;-;

[@aileenteo7027]

A lovely performance!!!

[@andysbg77]

WUNDERBAR!!!!!!

[@briansherwin702]

stirs emotions of grandeur then I wake up!

[@Jumpingpig]

22:05 tralalala tralalala chop the wood to light the fire

[@TheWanderlustWolf]

Thank you, this is exactly what I came here for! Guess I have another opera to get into :D

[@Albert62789]

Nice to see this film online. I have worked on the special effects of making the Witch fly at the time.....

[@GD-us1rk]

Albert Maly-Motta so impressive. what a fantastic production to take part in! good work!

[@ardeladimwit]

saw it many times in Staatsoper with Fassbaender-Popp and I think Janowitz, maybe it was Waltraud Meier. Amazing production. 1986-1991. Volksoper version as well, but Staatsoper was preferred house. Staatsoper magic is the best magic in world except when the Hollander's boat flew off and Senta bounced back up. Not so many mishaps.

[@PauloCesarMaiadeAguiar]

MANY THANKS SIR

[@patodom1]

Sometimes it seemes to me that I am listening to Die Meistersinger...

[@bonniebelmondo381]

HERRLICHSTE DEUTSCHE OPER 😍

[@pega17pl]

Sena Jurinac is a great witch. Nevertheless Christa Ludwig is the all-time star at this role. Listen her at audio studio record with Helen Donath (Gretel), Anna Moffo (Haensel), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Vater), Charlotte Berthold (Mutter), Arleen Auger (Sandmaennchen), Lucia Popp (Taumaennchen), Toelzer Knabenchor, Muenchner Rundfunkorchester, Kurt Eichhorn (Dirigent)

[@Peter-w1f9d]

Best performance ever!!!!! ❤

[@brutusalwaysminded]

Made my afternoon. Thanks so much!

[@xyzxgdfgfd1587]

That's a wonderful performance of a wonderful masterpiece, bravo. That was my favourite piece (alongside with "La Boheme") I had pleasure to conduct while I was working in the opera :)

[@JpeDeSilva]

Qué encantadora producción. Yo solamente conocía la de la Televisión Italiana del año del caldo. *No puedo dejar de verla.*

[@zhouwendy6604]

The songs are amazing, I love them so much!🍦🍩🍨🍭🍫🍰🐈

[@pega17pl]

Some are real German folk songs (e.g. "Suse, liebe Suse"), some are created at this opera (e.g. "Abendsegen"). It's Humperdinck's musical genius we aren't really able to distinguish and some, like "Abendsegen", became popular as 'new' folk songs.

[@barromodon4001]

i remember this on tv when I was seven

[@아라리-c8h]

55:30 2막3장 1:04:50 3막1장 이슬요정 1:12:04 3막2장 1:39:47 3막4장 감사의 합창

[@la_zanahoria_espacial_347]

22:05 are the Jolly woodsman of over the garden wall??!

[@elanor5080]

Oh my god! I'm going to be part of that with the National Girls Choir as the gingerbread children!! I know it's not much, but it's so exciting!!