Opera role for a young mezzo-soprano

Usage examples of hansel.

Words and music come from the mouth of Gretel when she releases Hansel from the spell in the third act, and from that of Hansel when he performs the same office for the gingerbread children.

Or take the famous trail of breadcrumbs Hansel leaves behind, so he and his sister can find their way back.

I was doing the Hansel and Gretel thing, looking for a bread crumb that would start me on a trail.

Everything was gone but the cellars where 135,000 Hansels and Gretels had been baked like gingerbread men.