Benjamin Britten: Owen Windgrave

20.01.2020
Opera production
Oper Owen Windgrave | © Judith Buss
A family estate that seems to be cursed: a father killed his son in the heat of the moment... The family tried to cover up the murder, but the guilty man was found - also dead - in the very room of the estate where the atrocity had taken place. And this room also becomes the doom of Owen, the last of the Wingraves, a promising officer candidate. Plagued by scruples, he tries to oppose the militaristic spirit of his family and give up his officer's career - and dies a mysterious death in said room...
Musical direction
gernot Sahler Scenic direction
alexander von Pfeil Stage & Costumes
yvonne Schäfer & Michael Hofer-Lenz Dramaturgy
malte Krasting Music
chamber Orchestra of the Mozarteum University

About production

Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the short story of the same name by Henry James After the 1954 chamber opera "The Turn of the Screw," Benjamin Britten and his librettist Myfanwy Piper take up the haunting world of the great Victorian storyteller Henry James for a second time. The work is initially conceived as a "television opera," but after its first broadcast on May 16, 1971, on the BBC's 2nd program, Britten felt that this opera could achieve a much more intense effect in a theater. However, he was unable to attend the following first stage performance in May 1973 due to ill health.

Dates & Cast

20. January 2020, 19.00
21. January 2020, 19.00
22. January 2020, 19.00
23. January 2020, 7.00 p.m
max Schlereth Hall
 
OWEN WINGRAVE: Taesung Kim, Benjamin Sattlecker SPENCER COYLE: Xiaofei Liu, Qi Wang LECHMERE: Johannes Hubmer MISS WINGRAVE: Julia Heiler MRS. COYLE: Veronika Loy, Sophie Negoita MRS. JULIAN: Chelsea Kolic, Bryndis Gudjonsdottir KATE: Vera Maria Bitter GERNERAL WINGRAVE: Yu Hsuan Cheng NARRATOR: Richard Glöckner

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