Hansel, Gretel, and The Nutcracker
Together with the Dutch piano duo Lucas & Arthur Jussen and the State Opera’s children’s choir, the RSB presents a Christmas program featuring the most beautiful passages from Engelbert Humperdinck’s now legendary family opera *Hansel and Gretel* and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s *The Nutcracker*. In between, the program features Francis Poulenc’s brilliant Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra.
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Philharmonie
Lucas und Arthur Jussen
Program
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel: Overture
- Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin Children’s Choir, Vinzenz Weissenburger (choir director)
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer
- Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Vinzenz Weissenburger (choral rehearsal)
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel: Dream Pantomime
- Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Vinzenz Weissenburger, choir rehearsal
Francis Poulenc
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor
- Lucas & Arthur Jussen Piano Duo
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Ballet Music, Op. 71: Act 1
- Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Vinzenz Weissenburger (choir director)
Instrumentation
- Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
- Lucas & Arthur Jussen: Piano Duo (Arthur Jussen, piano
- Lucas Jussen, piano)
- Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin Children’s Choir
- Vinzenz Weissenburger, choir rehearsal director
Additional information
Dates
December 2026
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