The famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm is told in Engelbert Humperdinck's ever-popular opera, Hansel and Gretel, from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Show more The famous fairy tale by ...

It did not follow that children Hansel and Gretel would be inclined to eat gingerbread from the steps of a house with so menacing an appearance, and yet they devoured it undeterred.

But, as we all know, Hansel and Gretel survive in the forest, and as they are trying to find their way home, they come across a house made of gingerbread. An evil old witch lives there ...