Heidi Stober Sings 'Gretel' at the Met This Weekend

Heidi Stober will sing the role of Gretel in the January 1 and January 3 matinee performances of Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. As previously announced, Aleksandra Kurzak sings Gretel on December 18, 23 matinee, 27, and 30 matinee, and Andriana Chuchman sings the role on January 8. As the Met's annual holiday presentation, the opera will be performed in English with family-friendly ticket prices and special weekday matinees.

Heidi Stober made her Met debut as Gretel in 2011 and returned in 2013 to sing Pamina in the Met's holiday presentation of Mozart's The Magic Flute. Later this season, she will make her Met role debut as Oscar in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, which she will also sing with San Francisco Opera this season. Her recent performances have included Magnolia in Show Boat and Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff at San Francisco Opera; Adina in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, Susanna in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at Deutsche Oper Berlin; and Ada Leverson in the world premiere of Theodore Morrison's Oscar at Santa Fe Opera.

Hansel and Gretel is conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and also stars Christine Rice (in her Met debut) and Jennifer Johnson Cano as Hansel, Michaela Martens as Gertrude, Robert Brubaker as the Witch, and Dwayne Croft as Peter.