The Snow Queen, a chamber opera for radio or stage based on Andersen's story, composed by David Ward and libretto by Kevin Ireland.

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This story set in beautiful Switzerland is very sad and bleak for many, some even consider it not a children's story, as when Rudy is to marry his love, Babette, the Ice Maiden intends to claim him as her own, which has a tragic ending. Andersen experienced same-sex attraction; [29] he wrote to Edvard Collin: [30] "I languish for you as for a pretty Calabrian wench . Lober and designer Otto Frederick Langman, at Central Park Lake in New York City, opposite East 74th Street (40. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development.The opera La Regina delle Nevi was written in 2010 by Italian composer Pierangelo Valtinoni (Libretto by Paolo Madron) and premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin on October 24, 2010. This is a 60-minute version of the story by Canadian composer John Greer and English librettist Jeremy James Taylor. This adaptation received positive reviews, [37] after also being produced at the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

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The story has been adapted into three films, a six-minute IMAX production in 2001, one full-length animation film in 2002 and the 2005 feature-length movie featuring Carol Burnett and Zooey Deschanel.was produced by San Jose Repertory Theatre in December 2013, [36] with music by Haddon Kime, book by Rick Lombardo and Kirsten Brandt, and lyrics by Kime, Brandt, and Lombardo.

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Snow White is transformed into the Snow Queen when a spell goes wrong and her magic mirror shatters. This work, first published in 1851, includes a collection of travel sketches and even several fairy tales.At different points in his life, he fell for a number of women—and possibly a few men as well, according to some interpretations of the amorous letters he wrote to young men—but his feelings were unrequited each time.