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: An Opera Fantasy called "kinemans". The bodies of the kinemins were sculpted in clay by James Summers and cast in foam latex by George Butler. Summers also did the paint job and their "makeup. The puppets were one-third life-size and cost $2,500 apiece to build. The Witch was re-named Rosina Rubylips. This is different from the original opera, where the witch tells Hansel that her name is Rosine Leckermaul (translated as Rosina Tastymuzzle). The mother and father figures were sculpted to resemble Mildred Dunnock ("Death of a Salesman") and Frank Rogier, who supplied their voices. After production, the Hansel & Gretel sets were