Haensel and Gretel
Das Licht der Hoffnung
“Hansel and Gretel” was the title of an Advent concert performed by the girls' choir of the Singakademie zu Berlin in 2025. It was a freely arranged sequence of mainly Christmas songs based on the story by the Brothers Grimm and the opera by Engelbert Humperdinck – humorous and heartwarming at the same time.
Performance Saturday, December 6, 2025, St. Johanneskirche Alt-Moabit Berlin
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Cornelia Schlemmer (Musikalische Leitung), Uli Aumüller (Bildregie / Schnitt), Johanna Walch (Musikalische Leitung), Friederike Stahmer (Musikalische Leitung)
- Director of photography
- Sebastian Rausch (Kamera), André Fuchs (Kamera), Bettina Ehrhardt (Kamera)
- Protagonist
- Alva Schönemeyer (Gesang), Elisa Ickstadt (Gesang), Laura Römisch (Gesang), Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Mädchenchor I (Gesang), Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Mädchenchor II (Gesang), Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Mädchenchor Charlotte (Gesang)
- Original Score
- Rebecca Carrington (Cello / Gesang), Colin Brown (Sprecher / Gesang), Tobias Schwenke (Klavier)