Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	23rd April 2007
To	5th May 2007
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Owen Wingrave

Work:: Owen Wingrave (S1134027542)

As with Britten's more better-known opera The Turn of the Screw, this story was taken from Henry James and has ghostly overtones. Its two acts follow the impact on a family with a proud military history when their son as 'heir to the Wingrave flag of glory' rejects what the history represents. Gazing at the ancestral portraits he finds his own image not in them, but 'in peace', yet his innately violent nature proves a challenge that can only be defeated through one final terrible action.

Music	Benjamin Britten
Lyrics	Myfanwy Piper (after Henry James's short story Opera in two acts)

Production:: (T792243935)

Sung in English. Approx. running time 2 hours. New Production

Producer	Royal Opera
Conductor	Rory Macdonald
Director	Tim Hopkins
Design	Tim Hopkins
Costume	Gideon Davey
Lighting	Wolfgang Goebbel
Performer	Jacques Imbrailo (Owen Wingrave)
Performer	Steven Page (Spencer Coyle)
Performer	Thomas Walker (Lechmere)
Performer	Vivian Tierney (Miss Wingrave)
Performer	Elizabeth Woolett (Mrs Coyle)
Performer	Allison Cook (Kate)
Performer	Richard Berkeley Steele (General Sir Philip Wingrave)
Performer	Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Mrs Julian)

Listing:: L01070749303

Linbury Studio

Production details

Sung in English. Approx. running time 2 hours. New Production Linbury Studio

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