Following the volume published in 2004, Kinderoper. Ästhetische Herausforderung und pädagogische Verpflichtung, this book – produced in cooperation with the Theater an der Wien – once again is dedicated to music theatre for children, bringing together perspectives from scholarship and practice. Children’s and family opera is now examined from a multidisciplinary point of view in a contemporary assessment that questions and opens up discussion of the current situation.
The contributions by international authors testify to the growing significance that the genre of children’s opera has gained over the past two decades. They report on artistic and theatrical-practical challenges and experiences, projects and formats, and, through scholarly reflection, reflect on current developments and trends within the broad spectrum of possibilities for enabling children to participate in and experience music theatre.
Authors
Gerald Maria Bauer, Anna Bernreitner, Thomas Birkmeir, Matthias Brandt, Tina Breckwoldt, Beate Breidenbach, André Comploi, Franziska Degé, Jonathan Dove, Paula Fünfeck, Gancho Ganchev, Giulia Giammona, Peter Heilker, Barbara Hellmayr, Gordon Kampe, Elena Kats-Chernin, Oliver Láng, Peter Lund, Anna Melcher, Vera Nemirova, Sabryna Pierre, Christiane Plank-Baldauf, Constanze Rora, Joscha Schaback, Helmut Schmidinger, Isolde Schmid-Reiter, Christian Schröder, Kerstin Schüssler-Bach, Thierry Tidrow, Pierangelo Valtinoni, Kai Weßler, Krysztina Winkel, Susanne Felicitas Wolf.
Details
Editors: Isolde Schmid-Reiter and Peter Heilker
272 pages, Paperback
Publisher: Conbrio (December 2025)
Language: German
ISBN: 978-3-949425-14-1