Lyric Opera 2022-2023 Issue 6 - Hansel and Gretel

21 | Lyric Opera of Chicago Hansel and Gretel Sung in German with English titles Music by Engelbert Humperdinck Libretto by Adelheid Wette, after the story by the Brothers Grimm CHARACTERS IN ORDER OF VOCAL APPEARANCE Gretel Heidi Stober Hansel Samantha Hankey + Mother Alexandra LoBianco Father Alfred Walker + Sandman Denis Vélez • Dew Fairy Denis Vélez • The Witch Jill Grove Uniting Voices Chicago Conductor Sir Andrew Davis Original Director Richard Jones Revival Director Eric Einhorn Set and Costume Designer John Macfarlane Lighting Jennifer Tipton Children’s Chorus Master Josephine Lee Original Choreographer Linda Dobell Wigmaster & Sarah Hatten Makeup Designer Assistant Director Jordan Lee Braun Stage Manager Katrina Bachus Musical Preparation William C. Billingham Francesco Miloto Eric Weimer First performed by Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar, Weimar,Germany on December 23,1893. First performed by Lyric Opera of Chicago on December 8,2001. + Lyric debut • Member,The Patrick G.and Shirley W.Ryan Opera Center Elizabeth DeShong and Maria Kanyova in Hansel and Gretel at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2012/13. Dan Rest Actors Anthony Baldasare, Jon Beal, Harry Belden, Miles Borchard, Clint Campbell, Chuck Coyl, Paulina Dudzik, David von Ehrlicher, JJ Gatesman, David Goodloe + , Myles Harris, Kirk Osgood, Michael Saubert, Jr., Philip Soulides, Skylar Sprague, Lucy Zukaitis