The Prince of Homburg

The opera "Der Prinz von Homburg", based on the play by Heinrich von Kleist with a libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann, was written in 1960 as a moving musical drama about love, freedom and responsibility. A thoroughly revised new version by the composer premiered at the Munich Opera Festival in 1992 at the Cuvillies Theater. In the title role, the baritone Francois Le Roux, together with Marie Anne Häggander (Natalie), William Cochran (Elector of Brandenburg) and Helga Dernesch (Electress), is a delight. Wolfgang Sawallisch is the musical director, Nikolaus Lehnhoff is the stage director and Gottfried Pilz is responsible for the stage design and costumes - this is a masterful document of that universally acclaimed production.