Think this version is best simply because the characters are of the correct age. Nothing is worse than watching adults pretending to be small children. This opera tells it like it is, but with some gentility: that is, that missing children fall into terrible situations accurately portrayed by the witch Rubylips. It covers alot of ground that of famine in Germany in 1812 which is why the Grimes brothers put the folktale into a written form. I almost thought the children died in the forest with the descending angels and that they were in a limbo state while fighting Rubylips to gain entance to heaven. But it doesn't work that way. They embark on their mission, save the kids and return home. I hope to find the lyrics to these songs which help in understanding the story.
Review of Hansel and Gretel
