Elegie für junge Liebende

from Hans Werner Henze


Elegy for Young Lovers
Opera in three acts

Libretto

Wystan Hugh Auden and Chester Kallmann

Premiere

20 May 1961, Schwetzingen (Schlosstheater)

Cast

MITTENHOFER (baritone)
REISCHMANN (bass)
TONI (tenor)
ELISABETH (soprano)
CAROLINA (contralto)
HILDA (soprano)
MAURER (spoken role)

Place

A hotel in the alps

Time

1910

Composer

Henze, Hans Werner