Helnwein 's designs included the large face of a sleeping child as the backdrop for the first act , through which soldiers broke , and the bodies of dead children &mdash; some dummies , some acrobats &mdash; suspended above the stage in the fourth act . The opera 's premiere coincided with an art exhibition by Helnwein originally created to commemorate Kristallnacht and titled '' Selektion '' , which depicted children lined up as though in a concentration camp . In 2012 , a documentary about Helnwein 's designs for the opera , titled '' Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child '' , was released to poor reviews , which criticized it for containing little material about the opera itself and instead promoting Helnwein
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
The Child Dreams (opera)