''Schneewittchen'' (Snow White) is an
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...
by
Heinz Holliger
Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss virtuoso oboist, composer and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. His repertoire includes Baroque and Classic ...
. He wrote the
libretto based on a
poetic
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in a ...
text by
Robert Walser in
iambic trimeter
The Iambic trimeter is a meter of poetry consisting of three iambic units (each of two feet) per line.
In ancient Greek poetry and Latin poetry, an iambic trimeter is a quantitative meter, in which a line consists of three iambic ''metra''. Ea ...
. 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
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
Performance details (orchestration, roles, etc.)
* ttp://www.kultur-fibel.de/Ballett,Schneewittchen,Angelin%20Preljocaj,Gustav_Mahler.htm Schneewittchen Ballett
German-language operas
Operas
1998 operas
Works based on Snow White
Operas based on fairy tales
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