High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Hansel and Gretel (German: H nsel und Gretel) is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a M rchenoper (fairy tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel." It is much admired for its folk music-inspired themes, one of the most famous being the "Abendsegen" ("Evening Benediction") from act 2.
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