"Hansel and Gretel" is one of the most exciting stories of German Romanticism, contained in the famous collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. In the unsurpassed musical setting by the late Romantic composer Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921), it is also one of the most beautiful—for many, even "the" most beautiful—fairytale operas in all of musical literature. It appeals to both adult and young audiences and has provided many a first unforgettable operatic experience.

Hansel and Gretel

Community Center Unterschleißheim

Stadttheater Wels

Stadttheater

Youth Center Karlsfeld

Waitzinger Keller Cultural Center

Cultural Office at KUBIZ

Mozart and da Ponte's masterpiece was titled "Dramma Giocoso" – a cheerful drama. A multi-layered subject, a piece to both chuckle and indignant. Don Giovanni, the famous myth of the seducer and womanizer Don Juan, is presented. He ultimately surpasses his arrogance and unsurpassable audacity at the grave of a victim of his machinations by inviting the statue of the deceased to a feast. A magnificent moment of musical theater.

Elisabeth Rauch

Events

Past events

Dec 6, 2025 - Feb 6, 2026

Hansel and Gretel · Freies Landestheater Bayern

Oct 24 - Nov 23, 2025

Don Giovanni · Freies Landestheater Bayern

Future and recently performed repertoire

Sand and dew men in Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck

Freies Landestheater Bayern

Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Freies Landestheater Bayern

About

Elisabeth Rauch hasn't added a bio