In this performance from Christmas Day, 1982, Thomas Fulton conducts Frederica von Stade (Hansel) and Judith Blegen (Gretel) plus Rosalind Elias (Witch), Jean Kraft (Gertrud), Michael Devlin (Peter), Betsy Norden (Dew Fairy), and Diane Kesling (Sandman).
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Judith Blegen as Gretel and Frederica von Stade as Hansel in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (Photo: James Heffernan / Met Archives)