Der Prinz Von Homburg

Composer: Henze, Hans Werner

Librettist/Text Author: Bachmann, Ingeborg

Conductor: Meister, Cornelius

Orchestra: Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

Colonel Obrist Kottwitz, in the Prince's regiment: Rohlig, Friedemann

Count Hohenzollern, attached to the Elector: Kallenberg, Moritz

Field Marshal Dorfling: Ebbecke, Michael

First Lady-in-waiting: Smith, Catriona

First Officer: Lei, Mingjie

Friedrich Artur, Prince of Homburg: Adams, Robin

Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg: Margita, Stefan

Princess Natalie of Orange, her niece: Boecker, Vera-Lotte

Second Lady-in-waiting: Fischer, Stine Marie

Second Lady-in-waiting: Werle, Anna

Second Officer: Konik, Pawel

Sergeant: Kammler, Johannes

The Electress, his wife: Schneiderman, Helene

Third Officer: Nagl, Michael

Set Designer: Hass, Katja

Costume Designer: Rabes, Anja

Lighting Designer: Traub, Reinhard

Stage Director: Kimmig, Stephan

Television Director: Sommer, Andy

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Date of Production: 09-2020

Venue: Staatstheater Stuttgart

Playing Time: 01:53:36

Catalogue Number: 2.110668

UPC: 747313566853

Synopsis

Der Prinz Von Homburg

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Der Prinz von Hamburg resonates powerfully with Hans Werner Henze's pacifist perspective. The opera is based on a play by Heinrich von Kleist that opposes authority, celebrating a dreamer rather than a classical hero, and individualist freedom rather than militarist nationalism. Ingeborg Bachmann's libretto heightens this message, and Henze's chamber-music setting is at once powerful and unpredictable. This visually stunning production stretches from intimate transparency to dramatic heights, in a critically acclaimed staging by the award-winning director Stephan Kimmig.