His first major opera after emigrating to Italy was an adaptation of Carlo Gozzi's The King Stag translated into his native language.
His first major opera after emigrating to Italy was an adaptation of Carlo Gozzi's The King Stag translated into his native language. A periodic affinity for leftist politics saw him compose the Essay of Pigs and write an oratorio called The Raft of the Medusa in memory of Che Guevara, but his most successful work came in preceding years with his score for a Frederick Ashton ballet about a mermaid, Ondine, and his collaborations with Chester Kallman and W.H. Auden that produced the Elegy for Young Lovers and an operatic retelling of a Euripides play about the demise of King Pentheus. FTP, identify this still-living German opera composer of The Bassarids.
His first major opera after emigrating to Italy was an adaptation of Carlo Gozzi's The King Stag translated into his native language.
Hans Werner {Henze}