A multifaceted German composer, Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 2012) boasts a production that ranges from symphonic music to film music to opera.
The sixth work in his catalogue, Der junge Lord, was composed in 1964 to a libretto by his friend the writer Ingeborg Bachmann. Although there are typical elements of the comic opera of the eighteenth-century tradition that give it an apparent lightness, Henze's work is nevertheless a bitter reflection on the hypocrisy of the right-thinking society and on the marginalization of the individual, themes translated into a writing that is at times corrosive and cutting even if inserted in the reassuring context of tonality.
First performance in Italy in the original language, in the Great Hall of the Teatro del Maggio from 25 to 31 May, 2025.
Running time: approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes (intermission included).
