| The Baker... |
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| -Leading Role Baritone (A to high G) The Baker is an insecure man, living in the house of his father (the Mysterious Man), taking up his occupation of baking. He and his wife long for a child, but due to a Witch's curse...are unable to. He sets out alone into the woods to search for ingredients for a potion to undo the spell, and learns from his wife...it takes two. In the woods, he also meets up with his father - who upon until then had been believed to have died in a "baking accident"; unfortunetly the old man dies, leaving the Baker bewildered. At the start of Act II, they have a child...and unfortunetly leave their home due to the Giantess. He loses his wife, and abandons everyone...he meets up with his father - who he thought was dead, and learns his responsibilities. He returns and succeeds in the end. "You have no business being alone in the woods. And you have no idea what I've come upon here. You would be frightened for your life. Now go home immediatly!" |