Two perennial holiday favorites: Hansel and Gretel live from the Metropolitan Opera House — and Amahl and the Night Visitors as performed on NBC television on Christmas Eve 1951.
Hansel and Gretel
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Playlist:
1:36 pm
- Hansel and Gretel
- Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
- Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Christine Schäfer, soprano ; Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano ; Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano ; Alan Held, baritone ; Philip Langridge, tenor
- Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
- Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
- Release Year: 2007
3:56 pm
- Amahl and the Night Visitors
- Composer: Gian-Carlo Menotti
- Soloists: Chet Allen, boy soprano ; Rosemary Kuhlmann, mezzo-soprano ; Andrew McKinley, tenor ; David Aiken, baritone ; Leon Lishner, baritone ; Frank Monachino, baritone
- Conductor: Thomas Schippers
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 6485
- Release Year: 1987
4:44 pm
- Der Waffenschmied: "Man wird ja einmal nur geboren"
- Composer: Albert Lorzing
- Ensemble: Munich Radio Orchestra
- Soloists: Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
- Conductor: Hans Moltkau
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435 145
- Release Year: 1971
4:48 pm
- Zar und Zimmermann: "Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen"
- Composer: Albert Lorzing
- Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker
- Soloists: Fritz Wunderlich, tenor ; Ingeborg Hallstein, soprano
- Conductor: Hans Gierster
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435 145
- Release Year: 1967