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Der Prinz von Homburg / Staatsoper Stuttgart

Critically acclaimed production of Hans Werner Henze’s Der Prinz von Homburg staged by the award-winning director Stephan Kimmig.

Opera in three acts (1960) (revised version, 1991)
Libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann after the play by Heinrich von Kleist

Resonating powerfully with Hans Werner Henze’s pacifist perspective, Der Prinz von Homburg 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.

Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg ŠTEFAN MARGITA Tenor
The Electress, his wife HELENE SCHNEIDERMAN Mezzo-soprano
Princess Natalie of Orange, her niece VERA-LOTTE BÖCKER Soprano
Friedrich Artur, Prince of Homburg ROBIN ADAMS Baritone
Count Hohenzollern MORITZ KALLENBERG Tenor
Field Marshal Dörfling MICHAEL EBBECKE Baritone
Colonel Obrist Kottwitz FRIEDEMANN RÖHLIG Bass

ORCHESTRA OF THE STAATSOPER STUTTGART
Conductor CORNELIUS MEISTER
Stage Director STEPHAN KIMMIG
Set Designer KATJA HAß

Video Director ANDY SOMMER
Filmed on 20 + 22 March 2019 at the STAATSOPER STUTTGART, Germany
A coproduction by Staatsoper Stuttgart and Bel Air Media

[2.110668 / NBD0115V]
Total playing time: 114 minutes
Language: German · Subtitles: German, English, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · PCM stereo · DVD 9 · Region: 0 (Worldwide)
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM stereo · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C