UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN / SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE

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Is everyone on drugs in SMTD’s Hänsel und Gretel? That is a question I don’t know the answer to…I’m sure Keller’s nuanced take on this Brothers Grimm tale startled traditionalist opera-goers, but it seems academia is hungry to shake up this 400+-year-old art form, and I appreciate that. With or without drugs, I think it’s time for opera to embrace its hot takes from ambitious directors. Better sooner than later before opera is the next thing in the Witch’s oven.

— [art] seen - Arts at UMich

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Conductor: Kirk Severtson

Sets: Eli Sherlock

Lighting & Projections: Christian DeAngelis

Costumes: Sarah M. Oliver

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Hansel: Daiyao Zhong / Grace Ryan

Gretel: Ingrid Kuribayashi / Amber Rogers

Witch: Spencer VanDellen / Jabari Lewis

Father: Andrew Smith / Thomas Long

Mother: Christina Parson / McKenna Jones

Sandman: Madeleine Surowiec / Hallie Ackerman

Dew Fairy: Anne-Marie Atanga / Marisa Redding

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Power Center Theater

Ann Arbor, MI

November 14, 15, 16, 17, 2024

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Photos: UMich STMD