This morning you can either listen to RNZ Concert's regular programme on the radio, or join us online for this video presentation of the Royal New Zealand Ballet performing Hansel & Gretel.
Sunday 5 April at 10.30am
At the end of 2019, the RNZB were proud to present a brand new two-act ballet of Hansel & Gretel. This major première brought together many of New Zealand’s creative talents with choreography by Loughlan Prior, a specially commissioned score by Claire Cowan, and costume and set designs by internationally renowned designer Kate Hawley.
Those involved are:
Choreography - Loughlan Prior; Music - Claire Cowan; Costume and set design - Kate Hawley; Assistant set designers - Miriam Silvester and Seth Kelly; Lighting - Jon Buswell; Visual effects - POW Studios
Orchestra Wellington, concertmaster Amalia Hall, conductor Hamish McKeich
Act I
Hansel: Shaun James Kelly
Gretel: Kirby Selchow
Mother: Nadia Yanowsky
Father: Joseph Skelton
The Ice Cream Witch: Katharine Precourt
The Transformed Witch: Paul Mathews
Queen of the Dew Fairies: Mayu Tanigaito
King of the Dew Fairies: Allister Madin
The Sand Man: Nathan Mennis
The Street
Adults: Luke Cooper, Rhiannon Fairless, Sara Garbowski, Calum Gray, Kate Kadow, Minkyung Lee, Allister Madin Leonora Voigtlander, Wan Bin Yuan
Children: Cadence Barrack, Fabio Lo Giudice, Georgia Baxter, Laurynas Vejalis, Ella Chambers, Caroline Wiley
Witch's Bike Rider: Massimo Margaria
The Enchanted Forest
Birds: Mio Denize, Ruby Taylor, Peyton Luamanu, Ewan Riches, Jade Tufele, Jayden Salla-Haines, Matilda Wallace
Ghost Children: Cadence Barrack, Fabio Lo Giudice, Georgia Baxter, Laurynas Vejalis, Ella Chambers, Caroline Wiley
Boogie Men: Luke Cooper, Rhiannon Fairless, Calum Gray, Tristian Gross, Clare Schellenberg, Levi Teachout, Teagan Tank, Wan Bin Yuan
Fairy Cavaliers: Vincent Fraola, Kihiro Kusukami
Dew Fairies: Sara Garbowski, Katherine Minor, Madeleine Graham, Katherine Skelton, Kate Kadow, Leonora Voigtlander
Act II
The Witch's Banquet
Pink-Iced Gingerbread Men: Luke Cooper, Kihiro Kusukami, Vincent Fraola, Fabio Lo Giudice, Calum Gray, Levi Teachout, Tristian Gross, Laurynas Vejalis
Chorus of Witches: Rhiannon Fairless, Olivia Moore, Lara Flannery, Katherine Minor, Madeleine Graham, Katherine Skelton, Kate Kadow, Caroline Wiley
Food People: Leonora Voigtlander, Massimo Margaria
Video by Jeremy Brick
Hansel & Gretel Photo: Stephen A'Court Photography
