Snow Queen

One of Santa Claus' "brownies" (elves) introduces the story of the Fairy Snow Queen, who plays a trick on Santa Claus by bringing all the toys to life just before Claus is due to deliver them to children around the world. She shows Claus what she's done and the toys demonstrate their abilities. The toys are distraught when Claus says they must be turned back into inanimate objects in time for Christmas, but the Fairy Snow Queen comes up with a plan to make everyone happy.

The Snow Queen is Hans Abrahamsen's first opera, composed to a self-penned libretto, based on Hans Christian Andersen's eponymous fairy tale. Following an in-depth study of the topic of snow and a life-long obsession with Andersen's fairy tales, Abrahamsen composed the opera between 2014 and 2018. Hans Abrahamsen's music, with it's smooth transitions and subtly modified repeats, lends the lyrics both depth and lightness. He is keen to point out the range of avenues for interpretation available. " It's possible to read the fairy tale in a variety of ways. It contains many mysteries which are open to numerous interpretations." Accompanying Barbara Hannigan is a top-class ensemble of singers, including Peter Rose, Katarinya Dalayman and Rachael Wilson. Cornelius Meister is the musical director, currently general music director at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.

A newly animated version about two best friends, Gerda and Kae. An evil spell is cast on Kae and he becomes mean and nasty to Gerda. He does not want to be with her and mysteriously disappears. Gerda sets out on a long and dangerous journey to find her best friend and bring him home. Along her search, Gerda is taken in by a witch, saved from freezing by a crow and guided by a reindeer to the Snow Queen's ice castle where Kae has been taken. Will Gerda be able to rescue Kae and save him from the spell? BONUS STORIES: The Snowman - The Jumper

As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.

По мотивам одноименной сказки Ганса Христиана Андерсена. Москвичи Кай и Грета жили в мире и согласии, крепко любили друг друга. Они были дружны с детства и даже собирались пожениться. Но однажды во время поездки Кай увидел неприступную красавицу, влюбился и уехал с ней. Кай строго-настрого запретил Грете искать его, но девушка не послушалась. А дальше все снова было как в сказке: Грета отправилась за любимым, надеясь растопить его ледяное сердце.