the Metropolitan Opera ; [music] by von Engelbert Humperdinck ; libretto by Adelheid Wette ; production, Nathaniel Merrill ; English text by Norman Kelley ; Live from the Met ; producer, Clemente D'Alessio ; television director, Kirk Browning
Frederica von Stade (Hänsel); Judith Blegen (Gretel); Jean Kraft (Gertrude); Michael Devlin (Peter); Diane Kesling (Sandman); Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy); Rosalind Elias (Witch); orchestra, chorus, and ballet of the Metropolitan Opera; Thomas Fulton, conductor
Stage director, Bruce Donnell; set and costume design, Robert O'Hearn; music director, James Levine
Program notes and synopsis (23 p.) in English, German, and French inserted in container.
Special feature: picture gallery "Hansel and Gretel" at the Met.
Recorded live in performance of the Metropolitan Opera in December, 1982.