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
Hansel and Gretel (opera) Gretel scolds him and tells him that mother will be upset. She tries to look for more, but it is too dark for her to see. Hansel tries to find the way back, but he cannot. As the forest darkens, Hansel and Gretel become scared, and think they see something coming closer. Hansel calls out, "Who's there?" and a chorus of echoes calls back, "He's there!" Gretel calls, "Is someone there?" and the echoes reply, "There!" Hansel tries to comfort Gretel, but as a little man walks out of the forest, she screams. "Scene 2" The Sandman, who has just