Editing The Snow Queen (section)

===Operas===
* The children's ''opera История Кая и Герды'' (The Story of Kai and Gerda) was written in 1980 by Russian composer Sergei Petrovich Banevich, (libretto by Tatiana Kalinina). It premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre (then Kirov Theatre) on 24 December 1980.
* The children's opera ''The Snow Queen'' was premiered in 1993 in Toronto as part of the Milk Festival.  This is a 60-minute version of the story by Canadian composer John Greer and English librettist Jeremy James Taylor.  It was commissioned and premiered by the [[Canadian Children's Opera Company]], and subsequently performed by them in 2001 and 2019.  They also toured the work to the Netherlands and Germany in the summer of 2001.
* The opera ''La Regina delle Nevi'' was written in 2010 by [[Italia]]n composer Pierangelo Valtinoni (Libretto by Paolo Madron) and premiered at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]] on 24 October 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_detail.asp?site-lang=en&musicid=55448&langid=2|title=Pierangelo Valtinoni - Die Schneekönigin|website=Boosey & Hawkes: The Classical Music Specialists|access-date=2016-12-25}}</ref> The opera has since been translated into English, German, Spanish and Swedish and has been performed in numerous countries.
* A family opera "Snödrottningen" in one act with prologue and 13 scenes is composed during 2013-2016 by Swedish composer [[Benjamin Staern]] (Libretto by Anelia Kadieva Jonsson) to be premiered at the [[Malmö Opera]] on 17 December 2016.
* ''The Snow Queen'', a chamber opera for radio or stage based on Andersen's story, composed by David Ward and libretto by Kevin Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d755b90497cf4448b7c87a88516c2abb|title=The Snow Queen|date=5 July 1985|issue=3215|pages=66|via=BBC Genome}}</ref>
* ''Snedronningen'' (''The Snow Queen'') is a free adaptation by the composer [[Hans Abrahamsen]] which premiered at the [[Copenhagen Opera House|Danish Opera House]] on 13 October 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kglteater.dk/en/whats-on/sason-20192020/opera/snedronningen/?section=top|title=The Royal Danish Opera|website=kglteater.dk/en|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/oct/14/snedronningen-the-snow-queen-review-abrahamsen-opera-fails-to-melt-hearts|title=Snedronningen (The Snow Queen) review – Abrahamsen's opera fails to melt hearts|last=Clements|first=Andrew|date=14 October 2019|access-date=14 October 2019|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> and received its first performance in English at the National Theater in Munich on 21 December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productioninfo/the-snow-queen/2019-12-21-18-00.html?tx_sfstaatsoper_pi1%5BfromSpielplan%5D=1&tx_sfstaatsoper_pi1%5BpageId%5D=527|title=THE SNOW QUEEN|website=Bayerische Staatsoper|language=en|access-date=2019-10-05|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228195332/https://www.staatsoper.de/en/productioninfo/the-snow-queen/2019-12-21-18-00.html%3Ftx_sfstaatsoper_pi1%255BfromSpielplan%255D%3D1%26tx_sfstaatsoper_pi1%255BpageId%255D%3D527|url-status=dead}}</ref>