Aribert Reimann: Lear (2015)
Synopsis
Aribert Reimann's "Lear" is a milestone in the tragic opera of the 20th century. Ever since it's 1978 premiere at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, it has made it's triumphal progress around the world in more than thirty productions as the most successful Shakespeare opera of our time. The remorseless logic of the action and plot and the primal force of irresistible sonic fantasies give this work the power to hold the attention of it's listeners and viewers from the first moment to the last. The great theme of self-deception is fancifully portrayed in this captivating stage production by Karoline Gruber with a retreat into the interior of a far from frail old man. It is not senility that drives Lear, brilliantly sung by Bo Skovhus, into isolation but his hyperactive ego. The first Hamburg performance of Lear is a musical achievement of the highest order.
Release Date: 2015-03-30
Runtime: 154 minutes
Director: Karoline Gruber
Top Cast
- Bo Skovhus as King Lear
- Katja Pieweck as Goneril
- Hellen Kwon as Regan
- Siobhan Stagg as Cordelia
- Erwin Leder as Actor (Fool)
- Lauri Vasar as Earl of Gloucester
- Andrew Watts as Edgar
- Martin Homrich as Edmund
- Christian Miedl as Duke of Albany
- Peter Galliard as Duke of Cornwall
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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