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Elegy for Young Lovers

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Opera in three acts
Libretto by w. H. AUDEN and CHESTER KALLMAN
Music by Hans Werner Henze (sung in English)
A Scottish Opera production
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader LEONARD FRIEDMAN conductor ALEXANDER GIBSON
Act 1 The parlour and terrace of Der schwarze Adler in the Austrian Alps.
3.0* Motive and Moral
NOËL GOODWIN discusses Henze's operatic collaborations with W. H. Auden.
3.15* Elegy for Young Lovers Act 2 The same, some days later.
4.15* Interval Reading
4.25* Elegy for Young Lovers
Act 3 Sc 1: The same. the next morning; Sc 2: On the Hammerhorn; Sc 3: A stage in Vienna

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Auden
Unknown:
Chester Kallman
Music By:
Hans Werner Henze
Leader:
Leonard Friedman
Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Unknown:
Noël Goodwin
Unknown:
W. H. Auden.
Source: Radio Times

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