Live from the Coliseum, London.
Alfred Schnittke's opera to a text by Victor Yerofeyev, based on his own novella, in its British premiere production by English National Opera. This allegorical black comedy tells how a man, called simply "I", and his wife have an idiot lodger imposed upon them as punishment for some unspecified crime. The idiot creates mayhem, having sex with both the man and the woman, and finally leaves "I" insane and the wife murdered. Presented by Chris de Souza. Sung in English.
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Richard Armstrong
Act 1

8.30 Victor Yerofeyev
The librettist of "Life with an Idiot" and author of the novel "Russian
Beauty" talks to Professor Anthony Briggs.

8.50 Act 2