Muny Archive

Hansel and Gretel/”The Nutcracker” Ballet

Music: Englebert Humperdick and Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Lyrics: Adelheid Wette
Book: Adelheid Wette
Notes: A double bill production.
Production Year: 1958
Synopsis:

Two lost children happen upon a witch’s candy-studded house in the woods, only to become her captive and next potential dinner entrée.

Cast Member

Role

Arabian Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Cavalier/Spanish Dance
Arabian Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Arabian Dance/Cavalier
Candy Cane Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Sugar Plum Fairy
Candy Cane Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
The Other Children
Candy Cane Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
The Witch who eats children
Spanish Dance
Marzipan Shepherdess/Spanish Dance
Spanish Dance
Spanish Dance/Marzipan Shepherdess
Arabian Dance/Dewdrop
Candy Cane Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Marzipan Shepherdess
The Little Princess
The Other Children
The Little Prince
Mother Ginger
Chinese Dance
Candy Cane Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Spanish Dance
Chinese Dance
Waltz of the Flowers
The Other Children
Candy Cane Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Chinese Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Arabian Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Candy Cane Dance
Marzipan Shepherdess/Spanish Dance
Marzipan Shepherdess/Spanish Dance
The Other Children
The Other Children
Arabian Dance/Waltz of the Flowers
Spanish Dance
Flower/Spanish Dance