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Henze, Hans Werner (1926– )German composer. His immense and stylistically restless output is marked by a keen literary sensibility and seductive use of orchestral coloration, as in the opera Elegy for Young Lovers (1961) and the cantata Being Beauteous (1963). Among later works are the opera Das Verratene Meer/The Sea Betrayed (1992), based on Yukio Mishima's novel The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea, and L'Upupa oder Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe/L'Upupa and the Triumph of Filial Love, an opera commissioned by the 2003 Salzburg Festival and for which Henze also tried his hand for the first time as librettist. He also composed ten symphonies (1947–2002).
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With its brilliant, specially commissioned score by Hans Werner Henze (recently recorded exceptionally well by Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta on Deutsche Gramophon 453 467-2), and miraculously atmospheric costumes and sets by Lila de Nobili, Ondine was one of the Royal Ballet's most ambitious creations. The Los Angeles Philharmonic's progressive music series also will feature works by two established masters, Hungarian Gyorgy Kurtag and German composer Hans Werner Henze - both, coincidentally, celebrating their 70th birthdays this year. He was irresistibly drawn to the theater, and one of his last projects--talked about in that final conversation--was the offer of a Broadway show, as well as an elaborate Tristan, with a score to be commissioned from Hans Werner Henze, and a full-evening Othello, with music possibly by Andrzej Panufnik. |
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