“Hansel and Gretel”

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1. A story in the Grimm collection of fairy tales. Hansel and Gretel, two children abandoned in the woods, are befriended by a witch, who tries to cook and eat them, but Gretel shoves the witch into the oven instead.

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“Hansel and Gretel”

You’d have to go back to the Greeks, to overwrought Antigone, for a noble case of sister-brother sacrifice or to fairy tales like “Hansel and Gretel” for aspirational brother-sister cooperation.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

“Hansel and Gretel” Pacific Opera Project stages outdoor, family-friendly performances of Engelbert Humperdinck’s 19th century take on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

Ms. Elias, who was 90, had sung 687 performances in 54 roles at the company, from the boy in German composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel” to the witch in that same opera.

From Washington Post ● May 4, 2020

Trick or Treat — Wandering witches and decorative rooms dominate this 19th century mansion on Hemlock Lane paying homage to the “Hansel and Gretel” mythology.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2019

Although it uses “Hansel and Gretel” as a loose model, just as “Briar Rose” used “Sleeping Beauty,” the fantastical element operates mostly at the level of allusion, and the book unfolds as a historical novel.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2018

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