Phaedra (opera)

Phaedra is a 'concert opera' by Hans Werner Henze. Its first, triumphant performance was given at the Berlin State Opera on 6 September 2007. The work is a co-commission and co-production with the Berliner Festspiele, Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, Alte Oper Frankfurt and the Vienna Festival.Although Henze announced in 2003 that L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe would be his last opera , it became known during 2006 that in spite of serious illness, he was preparing a new opera based on the classical myth of Phaedra.
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