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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 16 - 22
Instead, that honor belongs to Hansel & Grete, the 1893 work by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (not the 20th-century British-born pop singer of the same name) which was suggested to the composer by his sister, who wrote the libretto.
Utah Opera: Humperdinck's Hansel & Gretel When people think about the classics of the opera canon, they understandably think first about the classic tragedies of Verdi and Puccini—masterpieces of love and death like Aïda , La traviata , La bohème and Madama Butterfly with soaring, instantly-recognizable arias.
So it might be surprising for folks to learn that none of those classics hold the distinction of the most frequently performed opera in the nearly-50-year history of Utah Opera.
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