New Opera by Henze

Hans Werner Henze's new opera, Phaedra, which received its world premiere in Berlin earlier this month, has recently been put on at the Monnaie in Brussels. A French reviewer praises the "dazzling light " and "clear and sensual orchestraion (à la lumière éblouissante et à l’orchestration claire et sensuelle)" of the new score--a somewhat stripped-down and parsimonious work otherwise. I can't wait to hear it.

Musique classique : La Scène > [Scène] Lyrique > Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie > [Bruxelles] Une nouvelle ère à La Monnaie, seconde partie [20/09/2007]