Schneewittchen
composer: Heinz Holliger
librettist: Heinz Holliger
author of original text: Robert Walser
Oper in fünf Szenen, einem Prolog und einem Epilog nach Robert Walser
Texteinrichtung von Heinz Holliger
Commissioned work: Auftragswerk des Opernhauses Zürich
Premiere: October 17, 1998 Zürich, Opernhaus (CH) · Conductor: Heinz Holliger · Staging: Reto Nickler · Costumes: Katharina Weissenborn · Stage design: Hermann Feuchter · Organizer: Opernhaus Zürich (scenic performance)
Orchestra instrumentation: 2 (beide auch Picc. u. Altfl.) · 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 3 (2. u. 3. auch Bassklar.) · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) - 2 · 2 · 2 · 1 - 4 P. S. (Vibr. · Marimba · Trgl. · Röhrengl. · Crot. · 4 Gongs · 3 hg. Beck. · Beckenpaar · 3 Tamt. · 4 Tomt. · 4 Bong. · 2 Holztr. · Rührtr. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · 2 Woodbl. · 4 Mar. · Guiro · Geophon · 2 Sandbl. · 2 Pfannendeckel · 2 Metallbl. · Waschbrett mit Fingerhütchen · Shell Chimes · Metal Chimes · Glass Chimes · Bamboo Chimes · Peitsche · Glasscherben u. Steine in Tongefäß · Papier · Sandpapier auf Tamt. · Wassergong · Windmasch. · Hyoshigi · Ruten · Ratschen · Flex. · singende Säge · Lotosfl. · Raintree · Amboss · Clav. · Brummtopf · Prallstock · Superball · Glsp.) (4 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. · Akk. · Glasharm. - Str. (1 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 1)
Cast of characters: Schneewittchen · Sopran - Königin · Mezzosopran - Prinz · Tenor - Jäger · Bariton - König · Bass
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 120' 0''
Year of composition: 1997-1998
Language: German
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Unlike the Brothers Grimm fairytale, Robert Walser’s short play begins after the rescue of Snow White: the eponymous heroine and the archetypal cast of characters – the queen, the hunter, the prince and the king – meet again to analyse and comment on both the wondrous and the terrible prehistory of the famous fairytale. While doing so the original evaluation seems increasingly dubious: who is actually good and who is evil – and what really happened? By re-building several versions of the story, the protagonists discuss the question of their true identity and their relationships from within Robert Walser’s aesthetic.
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