00 / 00 ©Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Composer Oliver Knussen discusses his opera adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are" BROADCAST: Dec. 13, 1988 | DURATION: 00:48:28 Synopsis Oliver Knussen discusses his adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are", which was beginning production at the Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago. Details Broadcast Date Dec. 13, 1988 Physical Format 1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in. Duration 48 minutes, 28 seconds Digital Format WAV Ownership The Chicago History Museum Language English Topics Music - Classical Music & Opera Music - Classical Music & Opera Childhood & Youth Music People Music personnel Tags Knussen, Oliver--Interviews Knussen, Oliver. Where the wild things are. Sendak, Maurice. Where the wild things are. Opera--Scores. Operas--Juvenile--Scores. Fantasy Monsters--Fiction. Fantasy--Juvenile fiction. Monsters--Juvenile fiction. Composers WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Audiotapes. Oliver Knussen Maurice Sendak Opera Where the Wild Things Are Radio programs. Related Programs Presenting music from "Orpheus Descending: An Opera in Two Acts," with composer Bruce Saylor May. 19, 1994 Discussing the play "Galena Rose" with folksinger, songwriter, and playwright Jim Post Jun. 25, 1987 Interviewing composer, conductor and musicologist William Malloch Jun. 19, 1991 Studs Terkel comments and presents the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King ; part 2 1963 Presenting an in-studio performance by the musical group Eclectricity May. 6, 1983 Win Stracke discusses other musicians he's known Jun. 22, 1979
