‘Hansel and Gretel’

Children may not think that Hansel and Gretel have much to sing about in their dark adventure, but young audiences will find out otherwise at this family-friendly production from the Metropolitan Opera, returning for another run of holiday performances. Presented in Richard Jones’s English adaptation, with Englebert Humperdinck’s score, the opera, for ages 5 and older, runs about 2 hours 10 minutes and stars Robert Brubaker as the gluttonous witch.