Hansel and Gretel was recorded by someone.
`` Hansel and Gretel '' ( also known as Hansel and Grettel , Hansel and Grethel , or Little Brother and Little Sister ) ( [ ˈhænsəl ] or [ ˈhɑːnsəl ] and [ ˈɡrɛtəl ] Hänsel und Gretel [ ˈhɛnzl̩ ʊnt ˈɡʁeːtl̩ ] ) is a well-known fairy tale of German origin , recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 . Hansel and Gretel ( German : ) is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck , who described it as a ( fairy tale opera ) .