Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
1966 / 78 min. / b&w
Directed by Michael Blackwood
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 follows the acclaimed German composer to Salzburg and Berlin, documenting his rehearsals for his now famous opera, “The Bassarids”. Based on a fragment of a Euripides play, the opera was a widely celebrated point in Henze’s career, capturing his compositional style and progressive musical attitudes. Celebrating his 40th birthday at the time, Henze was then living in Rome and enjoying a growing reputation all over Western Europe as a conductor and composer.
Directed by
Michael Blackwood
Cast
W.H. Auden
Stephen Burton
Loren Driscoll
Ingeborg Hallstein
Peter Hartman
Hans Werner Henze
Chester Kallman
Peter Lagger
Vera Little
Helmut Melchert
Kerstin Meyer
Elsa Morante
Kostas Paskalis
Joseph Rollino
Filippo Sanjust
Gustav Rudolf Sellner
Muriel Spark
Christoph von Dohnányi
Produced by
Michael Blackwood
Cinematography by
Christian Blackwood
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