Owen Wingrave

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Category:
Featured | Opera | Production Arts
Event type:
Booking required | In-person
Admission:
£30 (£15 concessions)
Location:
Silk Street Theatre

Event information

Owen Wingrave 

Music by Benjamin Britten 
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper 

Dominic Wheeler conductor 
Martin Lloyd-Evans director 
Laura Jane Stanfield set designer
Katie Higgins costume designer 
Zoe Ritchie lighting designer
 

Benjamin Britten’s haunting opera Owen Wingrave returns to the stage in a powerful new Guildhall School production. Based on a ghost story by Henry James, it follows a young pacifist who defies his family’s military heritage, with tragic consequences. 

Written originally for television, Britten’s score fuses intimacy and drama in a compelling exploration of courage, conscience and the cost of defiance. 

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Silk Street Theatre, Music Hall and Lecture Recital Room are located in the main Guildhall School building on Silk Street and for Barbican produced events the venue can also be accessed from the Barbican if you exit via the doors next to Barbican Kitchen on Level G. 

Address:
Silk Street
Barbican
EC2Y 8DT
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