Arden Must Die
1967 opera by Alexander Goehr
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Arden Must Die (German: Arden muss sterben) is an opera by Alexander Goehr. It premiered on 5 March 1967 at the Hamburg State Opera,[1] conducted by Charles Mackerras and directed by Egon Monk.[2] It was commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera.[3]
| Arden Must Die | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Alexander Goehr | |
| Other title | Arden muss sterben |
| Librettist | Erich Fried |
| Language | German, translated to English |
| Premiere | |
The German libretto was written by Erich Fried, with an English version by Geoffrey Skelton.[1] It tells the story of the murder of Thomas Arden by his wife Alice and her lover Mosbie. The libretto draws on two sixteenth-century accounts of the murder, namely the version by chronicler Raphael Holinshed and the anonymous play Arden of Faversham.[1]
The British première was at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 17 April 1974, conducted by Meredith Davies.[1]
