Project Gutenberg 2013-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 610 Humperdinck, Engelbert 1854 1921 Humperdinck, E. (Engelbert) Humperdinck, Englebert Humperdinck, Hengelberg Humperdink, E. (Engelbert) Humperdink, Engelbert Wette, Adelheid 1858 1916 Wette, Adelheid Humperdinck Wette, Adelaide Humperdinck, Adelaide Witty, Adelaide Hänsel and Gretel: A Fairy Opera in Three Acts Hansel und Gretel Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel_(opera) Produced by Colin Bell, Marc-André Seekamp, Joseph Cooper, The Internet Archive (one page scan). and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Hänsel and Gretel: A Fairy Opera in Three Acts" by Adelheid Wette and with music by Engelbert Humperdinck is a fairy tale opera written in the late 19th century. The opera is based on the classic folk story of the same name, focusing on two children, Hänsel and Gretel, who face a series of challenges after being sent into the woods by their struggling parents. Central themes include hunger, magic, and a confrontation with a witch, capturing both the innocence of childhood and the darker elements of fairy tales. The opening of the opera introduces the difficult circumstances of Hänsel and Gretel, who are busy working at home but are hungry and longing for food. Their mother enters and, angry at their idleness, sends them into the woods to gather strawberries, warning them not to return until their basket is full. Concurrently, their father arrives with good news about selling goods at the fair but is immediately worried about their well-being after learning they have been sent to the dread Ilsenstein, a place known for witches. As tensions rise, we get a glimpse of magical elements with foreboding undertones that set the stage for the children's impending adventures in the forest, paving the way for their confrontations with fear and fantasy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43289/43289-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Operas -- Librettos ML Text Opera Browsing: Music Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 185277 2025-06-17T12:55:13.008063 text/html 182212 2013-07-27T08:22:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 244933 2025-06-17T12:55:18.227979 application/epub+zip 245767 2025-06-17T12:55:13.791010 application/epub+zip 120238 2025-06-17T12:55:13.369944 application/epub+zip 322411 2025-06-17T12:55:20.962967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324290 2025-06-17T12:55:17.846984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199267 2022-09-19T17:56:57.047417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124937 2023-09-19T03:58:02.779323 text/plain 17186 2025-06-17T12:55:21.124941 application/rdf+xml 30030 2025-06-17T12:55:13.479941 image/jpeg 4060 2025-06-17T12:55:13.422955 image/jpeg 233922 2025-06-17T12:55:13.040983 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia