Program Notes - February 13th & 15th, 2004
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Gretel | soprano |
Hänsel, her brother | mezzo-soprano |
Gertrud, their mother | mezzo-soprano |
Peter, their father, a broom-maker | baritone |
Sandman | soprano |
Dew Fairy | soprano |
Witch | mezzo-soprano |
No, you're thinking of Arnold Dorsey, the famous British singer from the 1960's, who took Engelbert Humperdinck's name "because it was unique". This Engelbert Humperdinck was born in Siegburg, Germany in 1854 and is associated with names like "Wagner", "Saint-Saens", "Strauss", "d'Indy", and "Schott Publishing House".
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