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Hansel & Gretel - Familientag with The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour
FAMILIENTAG at the Franco-German Cultural Center -
Enjoy an afternoon with The Atlanta Opera!
(FREE - Registration required)
HANSEL AND GRETEL SYNOPSIS
Once upon a time … Hansel and Gretel’s home, a magical forest, and the witch’s home
Brother and sister Hansel and Gretel are ignoring their chores and playing instead of doing what Mother asked, so he sends them off into the nearby woods to look for berries for the family.
While picking berries, Hansel and Gretel get distracted, and while impersonating the Cuckoo bird, they eat all the berries. While they are lost and scared in the darkening wood, the Sandman comes to them and puts them to sleep.
In the morning, the starving children wake to find a wonderful gingerbread house, which they immediately begin eating – without asking first. The owner of the house–a Witch–arrives and tries to speak to Hansel and Gretel, but in their fear, they run away.
To keep the children nearby, the Witch tries to turn them into gingerbread children, but Gretel escapes and tries to push the Witch into the oven. The Witch catches her and explains why she’s so lonely. Everyone comes to steal parts of her delicious house, she says, which she has worked hard to build herself. Then they try to run away, and she is left without any friends.
Hansel and Gretel apologize and promise to stay friends with the Witch. The Witch thanks the children and agrees to undo the other spells she has placed on the gingerbread children there. Mother finds the children in the woods with their new friends the Witch, and they all sing together.
QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE STUDIO TOUR
Founded in 1980, The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour is the company’s longest running educational initiative. Over the past 40 years, more than one million students throughout the state of Georgia have been introduced to opera through the Studio Tour.
This season’s Studio Tour production of Hansel and Gretel was adapted in English and directed by Atlanta Opera Studio Artists alumna, Brenna Corner.
The Studio Tour production of Hansel and Gretel offers schools the option to participate in the show; bringing students center stage alongside Atlanta Opera artists.
