Henze: The Young Lord (Deutsche Oper Berlin)

Overview

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.

Cast

Edith Mathis

Luise

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Donald Grobe

Wilhelm

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Loren Driscoll

Lord Barrat

Barry McDaniel

Sir Edgar's Secretary

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Otto Graf

Sir Edgar