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Although painfully shy, nine-year-old Olivia was already an actress. In a school Hansel and Gretel, she played the mother, the head angel and the second witch-and bitterly resented not being cast as Gretel. But Stepfather Fontaine disapproved of the stage. In her junior year in high school, when he forbade her to play Violet in Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh, Olivia left home. Although she later made her peace with her stepfather, she "never slept under that roof again...
Kraft Theater (Wed. 9 p.m., NBC-TV). Operetta: Hansel and Gretel...
...young may also pick up a few ideas from such old-fashioned sources as fairy tales (in Hansel & Gretel, the witch is oven-crisped by a couple of kids), myths (Perseus decapitates a lady who stands in his way), Bible stories (little David gives Goliath a hole in the head...
Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel (Metropolitan Opera Association Orchestra and Chorus, Max Rudolf conducting; Columbia, 24 sides). First and happy result of Columbia's agreement with the Metropolitan to record two full operas a year at the Met. Sung in English, soloists include Risë Stevens, Nadine Conner, Thelma Votipka, John Brownlee, Claramae Turner. Performance: good...
...orchestra the company substituted two pianos. Cost of production: $49 a night for two pianists and Musical Director Hieber, all union members. By last weekend, Lemonade Opera had given 20 sell-out performances of Don Giovanni and 16 Hansel and Gretels...