A minor artistic coup at the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The troupe is about to sign Maurice Sendak's Houston Grand Opera production of Hänsel und Gretel for the Academy of Music this November. You probably know this already, but Engelbert Humperdinck, the composer, was a Wagner devotee, and Hänsel und Gretel is his singular masterpiece. I’ve been showing the kids the DVD for weeks, and they’re mesmerized by it. Me? I am counting the days to Dec. 24, when we’re all planning to hear Vladimir Jurowski conduct it at the Met. Look for more on the Opera Company of Philadelphia's take on the production in The Inquirer tomorrow. Not that I'm taking credit for it or anything, but anyone remember me bemoaning the disappearance of this piece a while back?
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Peter Dobrin has been writing about classical music and the arts for The Inquirer since 1989. He earned an undergraduate degree in performance from the University of Miami, and received a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
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