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''Owen Wingrave'' is an opera (originally written for a televised performance) in two acts with music by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 85. The libretto is by Myfanwy Piper, after a short story by Henry James.〔(Tom Rosenthal, "Military ghost gets a re-shoot" ). ''Telegraph'', 16 June 2001.〕 Britten had been aware of the story since his work with Piper on the previous James opera, ''The Turn of the Screw'' in 1954. BBC television commissioned an opera for television from him in 1966 and, in 1968, he and Piper started working on the libretto. The work was completed by August 1970. The premiere was recorded at Snape Maltings in November 1970 and first broadcast on BBC2 on 16 May 1971.〔Peter Evans, "Britten's television opera". ''Musical Times'', 112(1), 425–428 (1971).〕 The music is influenced by Britten's interest in 12-tone serialist techniques. A large tuned percussion sections heralds the treatment in his next (and last) opera, ''Death in Venice''. In addition to being an expression of Britten's own pacifism, he was reported as saying that this opera was partly a response to the Vietnam War.〔 Tim Ashley, (, "Skeletons in the closet" ). ''The Guardian'' (London), 30 March 2007.〕 Curiously, Britten had never owned a television at that time. It has been reported that he hated television and never owned a set at all.〔Alfred Hickling, ( ''Britten at his best?'' ), 23 April 2000〕 This is not strictly true. Perhaps he would have never purchased a set himself, but he was given one by Decca for his 60th birthday in November 1973.〔(''Weekend Review'', 14 March 2013 )〕 ==Performance history== Britten originally intended the work for both television and the stage, although after the stage première on 10 May 1973 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, it has rarely been seen in either medium. The US premiere of the opera was at the Santa Fe Opera in 1974, with Colin Graham directing the production.〔("Colin Graham" ),(Obituary) ''Daily Telegraph'' (London), 9 April 2007.〕 However, in 1997, it was seen at Glyndebourne,〔Michael Kennedy, ("I say no to shoplifting" ). ''Telegraph'' (London), 31 May 1997.〕 following performances by Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1995. A new production by The Royal Opera opened in April 2007 in the Linbury Studio Theatre, with a reduced orchestration by David Matthews.〔Michael Church, ("Preview: Owen Wingrave, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London" ). ''The Independent'' (London), 23 April 2007.〕〔Rupert Christiansen, ("In pursuit of Britten's "dodo" " ). ''Daily Telegraph'' (London), 25 April 2007.〕〔Richard Morrison, ("Owen Wingrave" (review) ) ''The Times'', 25 April 2007.〕〔Andrew Clements, ("Owen Wingrave" (review) ), ''The Guardian'' (London), 27 April 2007.〕〔Edward Seckerson, ("Owen Wingrave, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London" (review) ). ''The Independent'' (London), 27 April 2007.〕〔Andrew Clark, ("Owen Wingrave, Linbury Studio, London" ), ''Financial Times'', 27 April 2007.〕〔Anna Picard, ("Owen Wingrave, Royal Opera House, London/Katya Kabanova, Grand Theatre, Leeds" ). ''The Independent'', 29 April 2007.〕 It was performed in May 2009 at the Chicago Opera Theater as well as the Wiener Kammeroper in Vienna directed by Nicola Raab with English baritone Andrew Ashwin in the title role. A new production will be presented in January 2010 by Opera Frankfurt and directed by Walter Sutcliffe. Opera Trionfo (Netherlands) presented the opera in 2013 directed by Floris Visser and conducted by Ed Spanjaard and a planned reprise in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Owen Wingrave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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