Ingrid Vetlesen Opera Academy. While studying, Vetlesen sang Adina and Norina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore and Don Pasquale, Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel, Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Frasquita in Bizet’s Carmen, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss, Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, Susanna and Ilia in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Idomeneo. She had her debut at the Royal Danish Opera in Caroline Mathilde (2006), in a ballet by Flemming Flint, composed by Peter Maxwell Davies, where she had the part of the opera singer. In 2008, she made her operatic debut as Barbarina
Wilhelm Busch unknown artist without regular income. In his early Munich years Busch's attempts to write libretti, which are almost forgotten today, were unsuccessful. Up to 1863 he worked on two or three major works; the third was composed by Georg Kremplsetzer. Busch's "Liebestreu und Grausamkeit", a romantic opera in three acts, "Hansel und Gretel" and "Der Vetter auf Besuch", an opera buffa of sorts, were not particularly successful. There was a dispute between Busch and Kremplsetzer during the staging of "Der Vetter auf Besuch", leading to the removal of Busch's name from the production; the piece was renamed "Singspiel von Georg