children's opera in seven scenes
John Webber - Snow White and the Three Pigs
children's opera in seven scenes
Original title “Es War Einmal”
Libretto by Marianne Webber
Translated from the German by Deirdre Cooper, Anne Crowden, Debra Golata, Duncan Johnstone, Caroline Webber, and Marianne Webber
Commissioned by the Jugendmusikschule der Stadt Wesselling, Germany, 1980.
Orchestra:
flute, oboe, bassoon
triangle
suspended cymbal, crash cymbals, tam tam
sand paper blocks
tambourine, bass drum
wind machine, thunder machine
piano
strings
Characters in order of appearance:
Fairy Queen (speaking role)
Chorus of Hunters
Three Pigs, Wolf
Snow White
Hansel and Gretel
Seven Dwarves
Trees, Clouds, and Butterflys, silent roles
during the Intermezzo
Evil Queen
Evil Queen’s mirror reflection
Prince
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