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Scenes from ' HANSEL AND GRETEL '

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A fairy opera by Adelheide Wette
English translation by Constance Bache
Music by Humperdinck
Chorus of children:
The Choir of The County High School for Girls
Loughton, Essex
BBC Concert Orchestra (Leader. John Sharpe )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Narrator, Michael Brooke , Jnr.
The action takes place in the broom-maker's cottage and in the wood near the witch's house.

Contributors

Translation By:
Constance Bache
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Narrator:
Michael Brooke
Hansel:
Anna Pollak
Gretel:
April Cantelo
Their mother:
Victoria Sladen
Their father, a broom-maker:
Roderick Jones
The Dew Fairy:
Pamela Petts
The Witch, who eats children:
Sheila Rex
Source: Radio Times

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