"Both are virtuosos of their crafts. Mr. King's skillful adaptation reads as though he were looking over Maurice's shoulder." Stephen King and Maurice Sendak have given a classic tale new life ...

Sendak, who died in 2012, spoke about Hansel and Gretel around the time he was working on the opera. In an interview published in the 2003 book “The Art of Maurice Sendak” he called the fairy tale ...