<P> The tale has been retold through animated pictures, motion pictures (often musicals), theatre plays and operas . </P> <Ul> <Li> German - U.S. composer Richard Mohaupt created the opera Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, which premiered in Bremen 1949 . </Li> <Li> The tale was adapted in humorous fashion for the British children's series Wolves, Witches and Giants narrated by Spike Milligan, but with the action taking place in' Brum' (short for Birmingham) rather than Bremen . </Li> <Li> In the Soviet Union, the story was loosely adapted into an animated musical in 1969 by Yuri Entin and Vasily Livanov at the studio Soyuzmultfilm, The Bremen Town Musicians . It was followed by a sequel called On the Trail of the Town Musicians of Bremen . In 2000, a second 56 - minute sequel was made, called The New Bremen Musicians (Но́вые бре́менские, Novyye bremenskiye). </Li> <Li> In 1976, in Italy, Sergio Bardotti and Luis Enríquez Bacalov adapted the story into a musical play called I Musicanti, which two years later was translated into Portuguese by the Brazilian composer Chico Buarque . The musical play was called Os Saltimbancos, was later released as an album, and became one of the greatest classics for children in Brazil . This version was also made into a movie . In Spain, the story was made into an animated feature film, Los Trotamúsicos in 1989, directed by Cruz Delgado (es). This in itself inspired the Spanish animated series Los Trotamúsicos . The series follows the story of four animal friends: Koki the rooster, Lupo the dog, Burlón the cat and Tonto the donkey; who form a band in the playing respectively guitar, drums, trumpet and saxophone . Unlike in the original story, they arrive to Bremen, before going back to live in the robbers' house . </Li> <Li> Hello! Project's Minimoni starred in a drama based on the fairy tale called Mini Moni.de Bremen no Ongakutai (Mini Moni's Bremen Town Musicians). The drama goes backwards in time through three periods of Japanese history unveiling the story . The drama does not have much in common with the fairy tale . </Li> <Li> In 1972, Jim Henson produced a version with his Muppets called The Muppet Musicians of Bremen . </Li> <Li> In Germany and the United States, the story was adapted into an animated feature in 1997 under the title The Fearless Four (Die furchtlosen Vier), though it varied considerably from the source material . It starred James Ingram as Buster the dog, B.B. King as Fred the donkey, Oleta Adams as Gwendolyn the cat and Zucchero Fornaciari as Tortellini the Rooster in the original English version . </Li> <Li> On Cartoon Network in between cartoon breaks during the Out of Tune Toons marathon and on Cartoonetwork Video, there are cartoon shorts (called "Wedgies") of an animal garage band based on the tale called "The Bremen Avenue Experience" featuring a cat (Jessica), dog (Simon), donkey (Barret) and rooster (Tanner). They are either a modern adaptation of Town Musicians of Bremen or descendants of the old musicians of Bremen . </Li> <Li> When the HBO Family animated series, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, adapted this story in Season 3, they did a country / African - American twist on it featuring Jenifer Lewis as Hazel (the dog), Gladys Knight as Chocolate (the donkey), Dionne Warwick as Miss Kitty (the cat), and George Clinton as Scratchmo (the rooster). </Li> </Ul> <Li> German - U.S. composer Richard Mohaupt created the opera Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, which premiered in Bremen 1949 . </Li> <Li> The tale was adapted in humorous fashion for the British children's series Wolves, Witches and Giants narrated by Spike Milligan, but with the action taking place in' Brum' (short for Birmingham) rather than Bremen . </Li>

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