Der junge Lord

from Hans Werner Henze


Derr junge Lord
Comic opera in three acts

Libretto

Ingeborg Bachmann (nach Wilhelm Hauff)

Premiere

7 April 1965, Berlin (Deutsche Oper)

Cast

SIR EDGAR (silent)
HIS SECRETARY (baritone)
LORD BARRAT (tenor)
BEGONIA (mezzo-soprano)
BURGOMASTER (bass-baritone)
COUNCILLOR HASENTREFFER (baritone)
COUNCILLOR SCHARF (baritone)
PROF VON MUCKER (tenor)
BARONESS GRUNWIESEL (mezzo-soprano)
FRAU VON HUFNAGEL (mezzo-soprano)
FRAU HASENTREFFER (soprano)
LUISE (soprano)
IDA (soprano)
MAID (soprano)
WILHELM (tenor)
AMINTORE LA ROCCA (tenor)
A LAMPLIGHTER (bass)

CHORUS
townsfolk

Place

The small town Hülsdorf-Gotha

Time

1830

Composer

Henze, Hans Werner