| The Baker |
| Leading Role Baritone A - high G The Baker is and insecure man, living in his fathers house (Mysterious Man) and taking an occupation of a baker. He and his wife long for a child, but due to a curse put on the family by the Witch (who lives next door) they are unable to do so. He sets out alone in the woods to search for the ingediants to undo the spell, "the cow as white as milk, the cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold..." but soon learn that "It takes two". In Act II they have a child, but are forced to leave their house due to the Giantess. his wife is killed by the Giantess, he finds out the truth about his father and learns that he still has responsibilities to his child. in the end he falls in love with Cinderella and goes to live with her, Jack and Little Red Riding Hood. |