The Vancouver Opera production features strange puppets, innovative orchestration, and an impossibly young creative team
What strikes you about the playful rehearsal for Vancouver Opera’s new
Hansel and Gretel—other than the fact it’s no typical, staid run-through—is how young everyone is.
In the studio of the O’Brian Centre for Vancouver Opera,
soprano Taylor Pardell’s Gretel is trying to realistically tickle mezzo
Pascale Spinney’s Hansel. She does this while singing Engelbert
Humperdinck’s lightning-fast “ticka-ticka-tee” melodies.
As they
roll around on the ground, director Brenna Corner jumps in, offering
tickling advice, and maestro Alex Prior gives notes on the music.
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