Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hansel and Gretel returned to the Calgary Opera main stage last weekend for the first time in many years. It is the second of the company’s three annual productions and it has a final showing on Feb. 6. The warmly received show captivated the large first-night audience, owing in large part to the striking involvement of the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, whose presence gave the familiar opera a distinctive visual identity. Read More