Owen Wingrave

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T792243935 (ROH07) Sung in English. Approx. running time 2 hours. New ProductionProducer Royal Opera. Conductor Rory Macdonald. Director Tim Hopkins. Design Tim Hopkins. Costume Gideon Davey. Lighting Wolfgang Goebbel. Performer Jacques Imbrailo (Owen Wingrave). Performer Steven Page (Spencer Coyle). Performer Thomas Walker (Lechmere). Performer Vivian Tierney (Miss Wingrave). Performer Elizabeth Woolett (Mrs Coyle). Performer Allison Cook (Kate). Performer Richard Berkeley Steele (General Sir Philip Wingrave). Performer Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Mrs Julian).

23 Apr 07 to 5 May 07

Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L01070749303

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Opera or Operetta :: 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.

Music	Benjamin Britten
Lyrics	Myfanwy Piper (after Henry James's short story Opera in two acts)