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Episode 4 is here!! Please enjoy the English version of the classic tale of HANSEL & GRETEL. More translations of this episode will be available soon. This episode features excerpts from HANSEL AND GRETEL (2 CD), COMPOSER: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, RELEASE DATE: 2007, CONDUCTOR: CHARLES MACKERRAS, ARTISTS: Jennifer Larmore, Rebecca Evans, Jane Henschel, ORCHESTRA: PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA OF LONDON, LABEL: CHANDOSDISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.Operina is a new opera podcast for kids, created and hosted by soprano Jessica Cambio. Each episode features children from around the world participating (in their own language) in a musical, historical, cultural, and linguistic educational adventure... with their parents' permission, of course.Opera, classical music, and linguistic studies are often neglected and/or not introduced to children at all, especially at the elementary school level. It has been scientifically proven that exposure to classical music, art, dance, culture, foreign languages, and even global travel at an early age encourages healthy brain stimulation and growth, a more peaceful upbringing, a stronger sense of community, and therefore, a better world. The Operina mission is to provide a fun, free, kid-friendly all-encompassing learning experience to enhance their musical and cultural education, expand their horizons, encourage them to think outside the box of their daily lives... all the while limiting their screen time.
On this week's episode of He Sang/She Sang, hosts Merrin Lazyan and Mike Shobe are joined by WQXR morning host Jeff Spurgeon to discuss Englebert Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel. Hear how the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale became an opera, why it's often performed at Christmastime and which musical moments are truly magical. Also on the show, opera and theater director Mary Birnbaum shares how she first fell in love with Hansel and Gretel. Jeff Spurgeon's YouTube pick (Angelika Kirschlager, Diana Damrau, and Pumeza Matshikiza): Merrin Lazyan's YouTube pick (Alice Coote, Christine Schäfer, and Sasha Cooke): Mike Shobe's YouTube pick (Robert Brubaker): This episode features excerpts from the following album: Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (Chandos, 2007)— Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Rebecca Evans, soprano; Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano; Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano; Robert Hayward, baritone; Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano; the Philharmonia Orchestra and the New London Children's Choir conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
Mezzo sopranos Joyce DiDonato, Jane Henschel and Catherine Wyn-Rogers introduce their voice type and explore the rich music written for the mezzo voice in opera. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Jane Henschel, Soprano, discusses her journey to becoming a singer and the many highlights of her career.
Jane Henschel, Soprano, discusses her journey to becoming a singer and the many highlights of her career.