Elegy for Young Lovers

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T0545386504 (ENO10) Following Fiona Shaw's acclaimed 2008 ENO debut, she now directs another 20th Century masterpiece. Co-written by WH Auden and Chester Kallman, and set by composer Hans Werner Henze, Elegy for Young Lovers offers a savagely witty expose of the creative ego and its insatiable need to feed off all around it.Producer English National Opera. Producer Young Vic. Conductor Stefan Blunier. Director Fiona Shaw. Design Tom Pye. Lighting Peter Mumford. Performer William Robert Allenby. Performer Rob Murray. Performer Steven Page (Gregor Mittenhofer). Performer Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Hildemack). Performer Lucy Schaufe (Carolina von Kirchstatten). Performer Kate Valentine (Elizabeth Zimmer). Performer Robert Murray (Toni Reischmann). Performer William Robert Allenby (Wilhelm Reischmann).
24 Apr 10 to 8 May 10	The Young Vic, Inner London :: V245 listing details L01924927686
24 Apr 10 to 8 May 10	London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L0695765138

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Opera or Operetta :: The opera, premiered in 1961. The libretto is written by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman and centres on poet Gregor Mittenhofer who travels to an inn in the Austrian Alps in the hope of gaining artistic inspiration from an old widow tormented by visions. Consumed by his insatiable greed and desire for recognition he begins to exploit and destroy the lives of those around him to satisfy his creativity and ego.

Author	WH Auden
Author	Chester Kallman
Music	Hans Werner Henze