Schneewittchen (opera)

"Schneewittchen" is an opera by Heinz Holliger. He wrote the libretto based on a poetic text by Robert Walser in iambic trimeter. The opera premiered on Date|1998-10-17 at the Zurich Opera House which had commssioned the work. The work is a psychoanalytical reworking of the fairy tale, analysing the complex relationships between the roles. It is not a .

Roles

cenes

# 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)

ee also

Snow White

External links

* [http://www.schott-music.com/shop/9/show,160395.html?showOldPerformances=true Performance details (orchestration, roles, etc.)]
* [http://www.operinwien.at/werkverz/holliger/aschnee.htm Review of a concert performance, Vienna, 25-Nov-2002 (in German)]