Arden Must Die

Arden Must Die (German: Arden muss sterben) is an opera by Alexander Goehr. It premiered in 1967 at the Hamburg State Opera, conducted by Charles Mackerras and directed by Egon Monk.[1]

The German libretto was written by Erich Fried, with an English version by Geoffrey Skelton.[2] 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.[2]

The British première was at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 17 April 1974, conducted by Meredith Davies.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Playbill, general rehearsal
  2. 1 2 3 Williams, Nicholas. "Arden must Die". In Sadie, Stanley. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Oxford University Press.
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