Workshops on the family opera
November & December 2023 | For primary-school classes
In December, the opera Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen, based on the best-selling children's book by Maurice Sendak, will celebrate its premiere. In the workshops Wild Sounds and Wild Words, pupils discover the magical world of Max the Boy and the Wild Bunch together with musicians from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, cultural mediators and children's book experts from the libraries of the City of Vienna.
Only bookable in combination with the family opera:
for primary-school classes
Wild Sounds
Vildachai ahmimahmeeohh – What’s that we can hear? Is it Mum who’s found something she doesn’t like again? Or is it young Max, cursing in his made-up language and setting off to see the Wild Things? Where can Max be sailing off to? The water splashes, the wind whistles round our ears, a sea monster bars our way ... A musical adventure for school classes as they journey to where the wild things are! Because we’ll be composing our piece of musical theatre with musicians from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra ourselves.
In association with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2023
WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2023
FRIDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2023
9 AM & 11 AM
Registration required at schule-tawumm@vbw.at
Cost per school class: € 40,–
for 2nd & 3rd year elementary school
Wild Words
The picture book written by Maurice Sendak and published in 1963 contains only 333 words. But these words and the book’s illustrations are full of magic. Surrounded by books, we venture into the world of young Max and the Wild Things and discover how he manages to be the wildest thing of all. Courageous, spirited and intrepid: Don’t we all want to be a bit like that? Who knows – perhaps Max can tell us something about that? A colourful workshop about the book and opera Wo die wilden Kerle wohnen for elementary school classes.
In association with Wieden lending library
TUESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2023
TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
TUESDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2023
TUESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2023
9 AM (DURATION 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES)
Registration required at schule-tawumm@vbw.at
Participation in this workshop is free.