Images: Set and costume design by John Macfarlane for Hansel and Gretel, Metropolitan Opera, New York, Richard Jones production. This opera was the inspiration source for Annie Leibovitz’s editorial Little Girl & Boy Lost in December 2009 issue of American Vogue shown in the post below.

Haunting, charming, and a little wicked, the Met’s production returns as the season’s special holiday presentation for families. Miah Persson and Angelika Kirchschlager are the lost siblings. Philip Langridge reprises his outlandish portrayal of the Witch in Humperdinck’s take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sung in English and conducted by Fabio Luisi.

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