• Year of composition: 2013–2016, revised 2018
• Work category: Opera, one act
• Text author: Anelia Kadieva Jonsson, after H. C. Andersen
• Dedication: Per, Sofia Alvarez and Elsa Tidstrand
• First performed: 17 December 2016, Malmö Opera. Malmö Opera Orchestra and Children’s Choir, conductor Stefan Solyom. Stage direction: Elisabeth Linton.
• Duration: 70 min

Instrumentation

2*2*2*2*, 2220, 02, harp, strings, piano/sampler

Solo voices/choir

Solo voices: 3 sopranos (Snow Queen, Gerda, Princess), mezzo-soprano (Robber Girl), contralto (Grandmother/Flower Woman/Robber Woman), 2 tenors (Kaj, Prince), baritone (Crow), bass (Reindeer). Robbers: sopranos and tenors. Children’s choir: Flowers, Birds, Snowflakes, Frozen Children.

Location for score and part material

Gehrmans Musikförlag AB

Description of work

Family opera in one act and thirteen scenes, based on H. C. Andersen’s The Snow Queen.

Links

https://www.benjaminstaern.se/?page_id=1050

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