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The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

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Hansel and Gretel (opera)

1893 opera by Engelbert and Adelheid Humperdinck

Hansel and Gretel is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper. The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale of the same name. It is much admired for its folk…
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Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)

German composer (1854–1921)

Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer. He is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893).
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