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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.

Creatives/Company

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

Archive listings for Owen Wingrave

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T01630949580

Presented byBritish Youth Opera. Director Max Webster. Conductor Alex Ingram. Design James Cotterill. Lighting David Howe.
3 Sep 16 to 9 Sep 16Peacock Theatre, West End :: V222
listing details L01677678881

T02139775773

Sun g in English with English supertitles. Running time: 2hrs 15mins approx.Producer Aldeburgh Festival. Producer Edinburgh International Festival. Company Britten-Pears Orchestra. Conductor Mark Wigglesworth. Director Neil Bartlett. Design Simon Daw. Costume Sue Willmington. Lighting Chris Davey. Choreographer Ian Scott. Performer Ross Ramgobin (Owen Wingrave). Performer Jonathan Summers (Spencer Coyle). Performer Isaiah Bell (Lechmere). Performer Susan Bullock (Miss Wingrave). Performer Samantha Crawford (Mrs Coyle). Performer Janis Kelly (Mrs Julian). Performer Catherine Backhouse (Kate). Performer Richard Berkeley-Steele (General Sir Philip Wingrave). Performer James Way (Ballad singer).
15 Aug 14 to 17 Aug 14King's Theatre, Edinburgh :: V601
listing details L01735086166

T792243935

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 07Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01070749303
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