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Scenes from . HANSEL AND GRETEL '

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A fairy opera by Humperdinck
Libretto by Adelheid Wette
English translation by Constance Bache
Chorus of Children
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
BBC Theatre Orchestra
(Leader, Alfred Barker )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Presentation by Mark H. Lubbock
Narrator, Mary O'Farrell Répétiteur, Leo Wurmser
Prelude, Act 2: The Witches' Ride
Closing Scene, Act 2: The Sandman's Song; The Children's Prayer; The Dream Pantomime
Act 3: Outside the Witch's House
(A shortened version of Wednesday's broadcast in the Home Service)

Contributors

Unknown:
Adelheid Wette
Translation By:
Constance Bache
Chorus-Master:
John Clements
Leader:
Alfred Barker
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Narrator:
Mark H. Lubbock
Unknown:
Leo Wurmser
Hansel:
Minnia Bower
Gretel:
Marion Davies
Their mother:
Flora Nielsen
Their father, a broommaker:
Owen Brannigan
The Sandman:
Flora Nielsen
The Dew Fairy:
Dorothy Bond
The Witch, who eats children:
Constance Stocker
Source: Radio Times

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