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Arden Must Die

Opera by Alexander Goehr

Arden Must Die (German: Arden muss sterben) is an opera by Alexander Goehr. It premiered on 5 March 1967 at the Hamburg State Opera,[1] conducted by Charles Mackerras and directed by Egon Monk.[2]

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The German libretto was written by Erich Fried, with an English version by Geoffrey Skelton.[3] 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.[3]

The British première was at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 17 April 1974, conducted by Meredith Davies.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Arden Must Die oxfordmusiconline.com
  2. [2]
    Playbill, general rehearsal
  3. [3]
    Williams, Nicholas. "Arden must Die". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Oxford University Press.
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