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Release date14.01.2022

Catalog no.BSOREC1002

EAN4028098000074

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Abrahamsen, Hans

The Snow Queen (Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Directed by: Kriegenburg)

Bavarian State Ballet · Bavarian State Orchestra · Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera · Conners, Kevin · Dalayman, Katarina · Hannigan, Barbara · Meister, Cornelius · Power, Dean · Rose, Peter · Wettergreen, Caroline · Willetts, Owen · Wilson, Rachael

Hans Abrahamsen's opera "The Snow Queen" follows Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name: Two children, Gerda and Kay, are close friends and seem destined for each other. Then something stabs Kay in the heart and eye, and suddenly they are estranged, as if they lived in two different worlds.... Read more

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Hans Abrahamsen's opera "The Snow Queen" follows Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name: Two children, Gerda and Kay, are close friends and seem destined for each other. Then something stabs Kay in the heart and eye, and suddenly they are estranged, as if they lived in two different worlds. Kidnapped by the Snow Queen, Kay also physically disappears from Gerda's life. This begins her long search for her friend, until she finds him again in the snow and ice and weeps the devilish shards out of him with her tears. The music, with its finely shifting structures and subtly altered repetitions, gives the text depth and at the same time a magical lightness.

Number Title Duration
1 Overture 00:04:50
2 The Snow Queen (Opera in 3 Acts) (Complete Recording)
2 . 1 Prelude (Act 1) 00:02:01
3 . 2 Snowflakes! Flying! 00:02:07
4 . 3 Do you want to hear a story? - There was a bad troll 00:02:11
5 . 4 It's the Snow Queen! 00:00:36
6 . 5 Intermezzo 00:00:19
7 . 6 Roses grow down in the valley 00:03:20
8 . 7 Intermezzo 00:00:20
9 . 8 Look here, Gerda! 00:02:40
10 . 9 Snow-play music 00:02:19
11 . 10 Intermezzo 00:00:52
12 . 11 We are well on our way 00:05:55
13 . 12 Prelude (Act 2) 00:00:55
14 . 13 A poor lost little child! 00:03:51
15 . 14 Taste my ripe cherries! 00:02:33
16 . 15 Intermezzo 00:00:24
17 . 16 What is here? 00:02:55
18 . 17 Ding, dong! There were three beautiful sisters 00:04:20
19 . 18 Intermezzo 00:01:28
20 . 19 Caw-caw! Good day! 00:02:42
21 . 20 Here in this royal kingdom 00:02:24
22 . 21 His boots, though, were creaking so very loudly 00:01:48
23 . 22 Intermezzo 00:00:58
24 . 23 Dear little lady! 00:02:22
25 . 24 Kay! 00:01:26
26 . 25 I have to find Kay! 00:01:57
27 . 26 You must both be rewarded! 00:01:30
28 . 27 We helped her into the castle 00:03:15
29 . 28 Prelude (Act 3) 00:01:44
30 . 29 Safe journey! 00:00:40
31 . 30 You can stay at the castle! 00:02:02
32 . 31 Intermezzo 00:02:25
33 . 32 Here in Lapland I was born 00:04:59
34 . 33 You wise Finn Woman 00:03:17
35 . 34 She is a sweet and innocent child 00:02:29
36 . 35 Intermezzo 00:02:26
37 . 36 How this is horrible 00:04:56
38 . 37 Intermezzo 00:00:33
39 . 38 Find me the answer! 00:03:56
40 . 39 Kay! What has happened to you? 00:03:15
41 . 40 Gerda! Dearest Gerda! 00:02:06
42 . 41 Intermezzo 00:01:03
43 . 42 Prelude 00:01:54
44 . 43 Tick, tick - Here you are! 00:01:50
45 . 44 Roses grow down in the valley 00:04:52
46 Applause 00:07:05
47 Postlude 00:02:35

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Manufacturer information
Name
Bavarian State Opera
Contact person
Bavarian State Opera
Street
Max-Joseph-Platz 2
City
Munich
Postal code
80539
Country
EN

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