Adams/Stuttgart Orch/Meister - Hans Werner Henze: Der Prinz von Homburg - Libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann, after the play by Heinrich von Kleist

Der Prinz von Homburg resonates powerfully with Hans Werner Henze�s pacifist perspective. The opera is based on a play by Heinrich von Kleist that opposes authority, celebrating a dreamer rather than a classical hero, and individualist freedom rather than militarist nationalism. Ingeborg Bachmann�s libretto heightens this message, and Henze�s chamber-music setting is at once powerful and unpredictable. This visually stunning production stretches from intimate transparency to dramatic heights, in a critically acclaimed staging by the award-winning director Stephan Kimmig.