Henze: The Young Lord (Deutsche Oper Berlin)

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A 1968 production of Hans-Werner Henze's comic opera filmed at Berlin's Deutsche Oper. With the plot centering around how a whole town is deceived into taking a dressed monkey as a young lord, the work features performances from, among others, Edith Mathis, Donald Grobe and Barry McDaniel. Christoph von Dohnányi conducts.

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Duration:

136 minutes

Year:

1968

Director:

Ernst Wild

Cast:
Edith Mathis

Luise

Donald Grobe

Wilhelm

Loren Driscoll

Lord Barrat

Barry McDaniel

Sir Edgar's Secretary

Otto Graf

Sir Edgar

Crew:
Christoph von Dohnányi

Conductor

Hans Werner Henze

Original Music Composer

Ingeborg Bachmann

Writer

Ernst Wild

Director