| Schneewittchen | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Heinz Holliger | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Heinzholliger.jpg) The composer in 2008 | |
| Librettist | Holliger |
| Based on | Poetry by Robert Walser |
| Premiere | 17 October 1998 |
Schneewittchen (Snow White) is an opera by Heinz Holliger. He wrote the libretto based on a poetic text by Robert Walser in iambic trimeter. The opera received its première on 17 October 1998 at the Zürich Opera House which had commissioned the work. The work is a psychoanalytical reworking of the fairy tale of "Snow White", analysing the complex relationships between the roles. It is not a children's opera.