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Gerald Finley as King Lear in the Opera by Aribert Reimann. Lear at Salzburg Festival 2017. Opera in two parts (1976-78). Libretto by Claus H. Henneberg after William Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear in the German translation (1777) by Johann Joachim Eschenburg. New production. Sung in German with German and English surtitles. Print programme (PDF). CREATIVE TEAM. Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor. Simon Stone, Director. Bob Cousins, Sets. Mel Page, Costumes. Nick Schlieper, Lighting. Christian Arseni, Dramaturgy. CAST. Gerald Finley, King Lear. Evelyn Herlitzius, Goneril. Gun-Brit Barkmin, Regan. Anna Prohaska, Cordelia. Lauri Vasar, Earl of Gloucester. Kai Wessel, Edgar. Charles Workman, Edmund. Michael Maertens, Fool. Matthias Klink, Earl of Kent. Derek Welton, Duke of Albany. Michael Colvin, Duke of Cornwall. Tilmann Rönnebeck, King of France. Franz Gruber, Servant. Volker Wahl, Knight. Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus. Huw Rhys James, Chorus Master. Vienna Philharmonic.
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