Where the Wild Things Are (opera)

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Where the Wild Things Are is a 'fantasy' opera in one act by Oliver Knussen to a libretto by Maurice Sendak, based on the writer's own children's book. There were two premieres: a preliminary version was staged in Brussels at the Théâtre de La Monnaie on 28 November 1980, with a final version performed by Glyndebourne Touring Opera at the National Theatre, London on 9 January 1984.

In form and subject matter the work relates to Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, as well as Stravinsky's The Nightingale.