Just in time for the holiday season....
Update: Sorry, I have only one pair of tickets. Email miscommunication!
Whaddya got?!: One pair of tickets HANSEL AND GRETEL!
(Can we say perfect holiday treat or what?)
Dates: December 17th! (confirmed)
Where: The Metropolitan Opera
About Hansel & Gretel
Approximate running time 2 hrs. 15 min.
Haunting, charming, and a little wicked, the Met’s production returns as the season’s special holiday presentation for families and the young at heart.
Miah Persson and Angelika Kirchschlager are the lost siblings. Philip Langridge reprises his outlandish portrayal of the Witch in Humperdinck’s take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
Sung in English and conducted by Fabio Luisi.
Why I love Hansel & Gretel
They find a house made out of gingerbread in the middle of the woods with tons of candy decorations, and proceed to eat it like gluttonous little pigs.
I think if I were The Witch, and I saw a bunch of brats eating this gorgeous, sweet, candy-covered house I spent years and money into, not to mention having dealt with those contractors who kept asking for a spot of tea every hour and drinking it with pieces of my house……
……I’d be pretty angry too
Enough said.
About The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera, now in its 126th season, is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented artists, including singers, conductors, composers, orchestra musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world.
Known as the venue for the world’s greatest voices, the Met has been under the musical direction of James Levine since 1976. Levine is credited with having created one of opera’s finest orchestras and choruses.
You could even dress up like Carrie Bradshaw to go see it.
OMG!
How to Enter
FYI: Separate comment means you type in another comment so I can count it as a separate entry.
2 Entries = Go visit The Metropolitan Opera website and click on the Philip Langridge feature on the right.
Come back, and leave me a comment about why Langridge thinks this production has a darker feel than is common for most fairy tales.
1 Entry = Leave a separate comment and tell me why you personally want to see Hansel & Gretel and who you’d take =
1 Entry = Add my blog to your RSS Feed (RSS Feed URL here), and leave me a separate comment letting me you did so
Note: To do this, the most commonly used one is to get a Gmail account and you will automatically have a Google Reader account.
You can add my RSS Feed there.
If not, there are a ton of other RSS Readers out there!
1 Entry = Blog about it, and leave a separate comment with the link to that blog post = 1 Entry
BONUS ENTRIES! = 1 Entry
Follow me on Twitter @brokeinthecity and tweet ONCE with this message:
@brokeinthecity is giving away a pair of tickets to go see Hansel & Gretel for FREE at The Met! #hanselandgretel #themet
And for every re-tweet (RT) you manage to get with your name in the tweet, it’s another entry. 
P.S. Sorry, I had to protect my tweets.
I kept getting spam that showed me pictures of things I did not want to see in their profile image.
It was kind of disgusting, but mostly annoying.
P.P.S. I still want to make that stupid dog shut up.
In a civilized way of course. If only I could….. do something.
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MoneyMateKate
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 2:39 PM:
2) I've always been a fan of this fairy tale. You should see the hand-painted enamel tree ornaments I bought in Germany – a really cool representation of the candy house with the witch and everything.
I'd take my mother. She really wants to see Christmas productions this year and could not talk me into the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (she's going with a friend instead).
MoneyMateKate
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 2:40 PM:
3) I subscribe to your feed in the My Yahoo reader.
Jenny
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 2:43 PM:
Also, I really really want to go to the opera. I have never been because ticket prices are incompatible with my graduate student budget. I would take my boyfriend Leo. I love the story of Hansel and Gretel; it is one of the richest fairy tales.
MoneyMateKate
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 2:43 PM:
4) I follow you on Twitter and twittered @MoneyMateKate
Jenny
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 2:44 PM:
You are in my RSS feed!
Audrey
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 6:01 PM:
What do you mean by seperate comment? If this is it, then I've subscribed to your RSS Feed
Audrey
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 6:09 PM:
Oh and the reason why I'm extremely interested in going is because I randomly decided this morning that I want to go to NYC. I got out of bed and purchased my roundtrip tickets. Then I come here and find you're giving away free tickets to a NYC event. I thought it was too good to be true. It's as if I'm destined to go. Thought it was pretty coincidental
I'd be taking an aunt that lives in NYC. I called her and told her I'd be heading over for the holidays and she told me she was shocked and felt bad that she couldn't plan ahead. Thought it would be a great opportunity so she won't feel so bad!
I'm flying in from Texas, so it'll be an adventure.
MoneyMateKate
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 2:34 PM:
FB: Philip Langridge comment approved.
Don’t want people just copying the answer. Thanks
Damn you REALLY want to go, eh?
Jenny
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 2:40 PM:
Philip Langridge…
FB Note: Approved.
Don’t want people just copying the comment rather than reading for themselves.
Thanks Jenny!
Kate
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 7:52 PM:
Great giveway!! You've been in my Google Reader for a little bit know. I love the posts! @BostonKate
The Diva's Thoughts
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 3:39 PM:
Wow! What a great give away.
Leslie
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 8:41 PM:
I tweeted @lmcder01
Leslie
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 8:42 PM:
I am a follower/you are on my blogroll
Leslie
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 8:48 PM:
I would love to win these tickets. I would love to take one of my BFFs who lives in NYC. We both have a serious love for plays and musicals and go see one whenever we can afford to. I would also love to take her because I want to ask her to be a bridesmaid in my wedding, and I think this would be the perfect treat! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Nelson
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 9:37 PM:
Who is Carrie Bradshaw going to that show with, Pat Sajak?
Oh snap! A Pat Sajak joke!
Don@Moneyreasons.com
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 11:44 PM:
Sorry to hear you're still having dog problems… What does the neighbors think? Maybe you should organize a group and talk to the owner of the dog (yuck, I hate confrontations like that, but I've done it before…)
Good luck with the dog!
Nice giveaway! I haven't went to a Christmas play in quite a while.
FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 8:12 PM:
oh don’t worry. We have something planned for the neighbour. And her little dog too *cackles*
Actually, we’ve already written to the building admin, and they said: “*sniff* you’re the only ones complaining”
To which we are going to reply with a list of signatures.
Leslie
on Nov 24th, 2009
@ 8:45 PM:
Langridge comment approved (FB)
Thanks Leslie!
katherine
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 2:02 AM:
i added you to my RSS feed! didn't even know i had a google reader, but i think with my subscription to you, i'm going to learn to love it!
katherine
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 2:12 AM:
Also tweeted! @rinnygirl
Jen
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 3:14 AM:
I would love to experience more of what NYC has to offer. I would definitely take my mom.
Jen
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 3:15 AM:
I subscribe via Google reader.
Jen
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 3:16 AM:
I follow you on twitter and I tweeted: http://twitter.com/centsandthecity/status/6038867...
Jen
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 3:13 AM:
Langridge comment approved! (FB)
Thanks Jen.
FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 9:05 AM:
Google Reader rocks. Well, RSS Feed readers rock in general. But I find Google Reader to be the best.
I even tried downloading other programs, but Google just.. makes sense. I hate extra programs/things.
Enjoy!
frugal zeitgeist
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 6:18 PM:
I added you to my googlie blog reader.
Jenny
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 9:14 PM:
Subscribed to your feed.
frugal zeitgeist
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 6:16 PM:
Approved (FB) Thank you!
frugal zeitgeist
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 6:17 PM:
I personally want to see Hansel and Gretel because I love opera but rarely go because the prices are absolutely ruinous if you see it on a regular basis. I'll take my SO, who also loves opera and is currently unemployed. It'll cheer him right the heck up, especially if he knows I didn't spend any money for us to get there.
frugal zeitgeist
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 6:21 PM:
Just posted blog entry about your giveaway, plus a link : http://frugalzeitgeist.blogspot.com/2009/11/givin...
Jenny
on Nov 25th, 2009
@ 9:15 PM:
Comment approved (FB)
Thanks…
katherine
on Nov 26th, 2009
@ 2:34 AM:
i would personally love to see hansel & gretel because i've never been to an opera… or even the Met! i've been so busy lately with all of my family events and preparing for my only brother's first child… i think it'd be a great way to relax and spend a day actually enjoying myself instead of running errands for everyone else. i'm tired and exhausted… i just need to get away. i'd take my boyfriend… cheesy? maybe. but i know he'd let me have my one day to shine and have fun. he's amazing like that.
paranoidasteroid
on Nov 26th, 2009
@ 4:07 PM:
Hey FB!
I'd love tickets, because I've never been to the Met. I'd take Chad, of course, because I love him, but also because he grew up in NY and would know which subways to take to get there. Also, his parents live just outside the city, so we'd have somewhere to stay.
Sruti
on Nov 26th, 2009
@ 11:19 PM:
I did like to see Hansel and Gretel, one of the few books I remember from childhood in India. My mom would love to see it since she is the child among us but since that's not possible, I would like to take my partner with me
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on Nov 27th, 2009
@ 6:03 AM:
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FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com
on Nov 27th, 2009
@ 7:35 AM:
Sruti, you can also follow the other directions on the bottom for more entries into this contest.
Such as going to The Met page, and leaving me a comment re: Philip’s take on the play.
Good luck!
living
on Nov 29th, 2009
@ 3:26 AM:
1. I twittered you @brokeinthecity
2. I alsw you on RSS.
3. Duly noted re: Philip