Der junge Lord
Role Voice type Premiere cast , 7 April 1965 ( Conductor : Christoph von Dohnányi )
Lord Barrat tenor Loren Driscoll
Luise soprano Edith Mathis
Baroness Grünwiesel mezzo-soprano Patricia Johnson
Secretary to Sir Edgar baritone Barry McDaniel
Armintore tenor Günter Treptow
Begonia mezzo-soprano Vera Little
Town mayor bass-baritone Manfred Röhrl
Hasentreffer baritone Ivan Sardi and Emil Graf
Frau Hasentreffer soprano Lisa Otto
Frau von Hufnagel mezzo-soprano Ruth Hesse
Ida soprano Bella Jasper
Scharf baritone Ernst Krukowski
Von Mucker tenor Helmut Krebs
Wilhelm tenor Donald Grobe
Sir Edgar silent role Otto Graf
Roles and role creators
Premiere playbill , 7 April 1965 , Deutsche Oper Berlin
Der junge Lord (The Young Lord) is an opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann, after Wilhelm Hauff's Der Affe als Mensch (The Ape as Man) from Der Scheik von Alexandria und seine Sklaven (The Sheik of Alexandria and his Slaves). The style and plot owe much to Italian opera buffa, with the influence of Vincenzo Bellini and Gioachino Rossini noted. Andrew Porter has noted four distinct musical styles in the opera, corresponding to four different levels of characters:
Robert Henderson has commented on the Brechtian nature of Bachmann and Henze's treatment of the story.