Owen Wingrave
T02139775773
As with Britten's more better-known opera
The Turn of the Screw, this story was taken from Henry James and has ghostly overtones. Its two acts follow the impact on a family with a proud military history when their son as 'heir to the Wingrave flag of glory' rejects what the history represents. Gazing at the ancestral portraits he finds his own image not in them, but 'in peace', yet his innately violent nature proves a challenge that can only be defeated through one final terrible action.
Archive :: production:T02139775773, opera or operetta:S1134027542, venue:V601
Production details
Sun g in English with English supertitles. Running time: 2hrs 15mins approx. Edinburgh International Festival
