Composer of our Time
Hans Werner Henze was the focus of the 2014 Wiesbaden International May Festival.
The events revolved around the new production of his opera Elegy for Young Lovers, premiered on 1 May and given its final performance of the season on 8 July.
In addition, Opera Director Karin Dietrich organised a film evening in the "Caligula" cinema on 2 May - Volker Schlöndorff's Proust film Eine Liebe von Swann was shown with an introduction by Karin Dietrich, as well as a chamber concert on 12 May with the works In memoriam: Die Weiße Rose, Adagio adagio, Quattro fantasie (octet movements from chamber music 1958) and Le Miracle de la Rose (clarinet concerto; Imaginary Theatre II).
Opera director Karin Dietrich and Michael Kerstan together gave an introduction to the opera Elegy for Young Lovers on 1 May, and on 4 May there was a discussion with the two of them and Prof. Dr Ernst August Klötzke, Dr Christiane Krautscheid and Cord Meijering on the subject of "Hans Werner Henze as a theatre composer" with musical contributions from clarinettist Dörte Sehrer.
