Hansel and Gretel Opens the 2026/2027 Fall Opera Season
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SRQ DAILY FRIDAY WEEKEND EDITION
FRIDAY SEP 11, 2026 |
Past production of Hansel and Gretel. Provided photo.
Sarasota Opera opens its 68th season this fall with Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, running October 30 through November 14. Premiered in 1893 in Weimar under the baton of Richard Strauss, Humperdinck’s version of Hansel and Gretel offers a compelling musical and theatrical experience for audiences of all ages, melding lush orchestration with simple folk melodies to tell the timeless fairy-tale of two siblings who stray into the forest and encounter a beguiling Gingerbread Witch, finding courage in the face of Peril. This production of Hansel and Gretel marks the first-ever mainstage collaboration between Sarasota Opera, Sarasota Youth Opera, and Sarasota Ballet School’s Margaret Barbieri Conservatory and Sarasota Ballet Studio Company.
Past production of Hansel and Gretel. Provided photo.
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