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Where the Wild Things Are

fantasy opera by Oliver Knussen
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q7993493
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Key Facts

  • Composer: Oliver Knussen[1]
  • Librettist: Maurice Sendak[2]
  • Commissioned by: La Monnaie/De Munt[3]
  • Genre: fantasy[4], children's opera[5]
  • Based on: Where the Wild Things Are[6]
  • Inception: 1979[7]
  • Date of first performance: November 28, 1980[8]
  • Title: Where the Wild Things Are[9]
  • Duration: 40 minutes[10]
  • Intended public: child[11]
  • Number of parts of this work: 1 act[12], 9 scene[13]
  • Location of first performance: Brussels[14]
  • Form of creative work: opera[15]
  • Opus number: 20[16]

Related Entities

Maurice Sendak

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  1. [1] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Faber Music. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opus number → 20
    Library of congress authority id → no2002017450
    Intended public → child
    Based on → Where the Wild Things Are
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