Once upon a time, fairy tales were for children. The stories, though, were not the sweet, saccharine, happily ever after versions that have since been cleaned up by Disney. The original tales of ...

KASSEL, Germany – The Brothers Grimm were only in their 20s when they published their first collection of fairy tales, but more than 200 years later, characters such as Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, ...

Hansel and Gretel is one of the most well-known and widely told children’s fables there is. At once a cautionary tale about the perils of wandering, and a lesson about being grateful for what you have ...

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When it comes to Christmas-time family fare, there may be no equivalent to The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky’s ballet warhorse. In the world of opera, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel comes the ...

“Come children and listen,” intones the unseen narrator at the beginning of Gretel and Hansel, “to a story that will make you safe.” The question often asked about Brothers Grimm folk tales such as ...

You might think an opera based on the Grimms’ fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” was designed for children. And you would be right. But the singers playing the title characters in San Diego Opera’s ...

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Once upon a time, fairy tales were for children. The stories, though, were not the sweet, saccharine, happily ever after versions that have since been cleaned up by Disney. The original tales of ...

KASSEL, Germany >> The Brothers Grimm were only in their 20s when they published their first collection of fairy tales, but more than 200 years later, characters such as Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, ...