Schneewittchen (opera)
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Schneewittchen | |
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Opera by Heinz Holliger | |
Librettist | Holliger |
Based on | poetry by Robert Walser |
Premiere | 17 October 1998 Zurich Opera House |
Schneewittchen (Snow White) is an opera by Heinz Holliger. He wrote the libretto based on a poetic text by Robert Walser in iambic trimeter. The opera received its première on 17 October 1998 at the Zurich Opera House which had commissioned the work. The work is a psychoanalytical reworking of the fairy tale, analysing the complex relationships between the roles. It is not a children's opera.
Roles[]
Role | Voice type | Premiere: 17 October 1998 Conductor: Heinz Holliger |
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Schneewittchen (Snow White) | soprano | Juliane Banse |
Königin (Queen) | mezzo-soprano | Cornelia Kallisch |
Prinz (Prince) | tenor | Steve Davislim |
Jäger (Huntsman) | baritone | Oliver Widmer |
König (King) | bass | Werner Gröschel |
There are no dwarfs. |
Scenes[]
- Prologue
- Scene 1
- Interlude 1-2 (Invention)
- Scene 2, part 1
- Fughetta (In Nomine Fluminis)
- Scene 2, part 2
- Interlude 2-3
- Quasi Fuga
- Scene 3
- Interlude 3-4
- Scene 4
- Interlude 4-5
- Scene 5
- Epilogue (Choral variations)
External links[]
Categories:
- German-language operas
- Operas
- 1998 operas
- Works based on Snow White
- Operas based on fairy tales
- German-language opera stubs