Bart Visman (born 21 October 1962 in

Naarden Naarden () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and former List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Gooi region in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part ...

) is a Dutch composer. He is well known in the Netherlands for composing the children's opera ''De roep van de kinkhoorn'' to a

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

by the late Dutch children's author

Paul Biegel Paulus Johannes "Paul" Biegel (25 March 1925 – 21 October 2006) was a Dutch writer of children's literature. Biography Paul Biegel was born in Bussum in 1925. His father, Hermann Biegel, was of German descent, and owned a building materials s ...

.Vrij Nederland 2004 "De muziek werd gemaakt door Bart Visman die stelt dat 'een opera voor kinderen niet kinderachtig moet zijn, maar volwassen, met alles erop en eraan, een beetje deftig'."

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