Hans Werner Henze
Libretto by Wystan Hugh Auden and Chester Kallman
German version by Ludwig Landgraf, Werner Schachteli and Hans Werner Henze
Opera in three acts
Production by the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera
As its motto, the librettist Wystan Hugh Auden himself placed a quote from William Butler Yeats above the libretto: "The spirit of man must decide in favour of the completeness of life or of work." A charismatic poet who gathers a faithfully devoted group of followers around him is at the heart of Hans Werner Henze's opera
Elegy for Young Lovers, first performed in 1961. And all the participants experience the bitter aftertaste of being exploited within the hazy mist of art, and what it means when any attempt at a solution ends in death. – All for the sake of art?
In German with German surtitles
New productionThe Opera Studio is supported by Erika Kaufmann and Rolf and Caroli Dienst, Vera and Volker Doppelfeld-Stiftung, Freunde des Nationaltheaters e.V., Dr. Joachim Feldges, Iris and Kurt Hegerich, Dirk and Marlene Ippen, Marco Janezic, Silke and Klaus Murmann, The Opera Foundation, Ingeborg Pohl, Eugénie Rohde, Dr. Kurt and Chiona Schwarz, Dr. Martin and Eva Steinmeyer, Georg und Swantje von Werz
Date
| Thursday, 9 May 2013 |
| Cuvilliés-Theater |  | | 7.00 p.m. - app. 9.55 p.m. | | Playing time: 2 hours 55 minutes (1 intermission) | | | Prices CE | | Open ticket sales |
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CastConductor
Francesco Angelico
Stage Director
Christiane Pohle
Set
Maria-Alice Bahra
Costumes
Sara Kittelmann
Lighting
Michael Bauer
Dramaturgy
Rainer Karlitschek
Gregor Mittenhofer
Tim Kuypers
Dr. Wilhelm Reischmann
Rafał Pawnuk
Toni Reischmann
Dean Power
Elisabeth Zimmer
Golda Schultz
Carolina Gräfin von Kirchstetten
Yulia Sokolik
Hilda Mack
Iulia Maria Dan
Josef Mauer
Tobias Truniger
The Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Orchestra
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