An ENO and Young Vic co-production at the Young Vic

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Following sell-out stagings of Lost Highway and Punch & Judy in 2008, and Katie Mitchell's video-driven After Dido in 2009, ENO returns to The Cut for a third season of cutting-edge theatrical excitement in its South Bank Show Award-winning partnership with the Young Vic.

Renowned for her passionate commitment as an actress, Fiona Shaw made her opera directing debut at ENO in 2008 with a production of Vaughan Williams’s setting of Synge's play Riders to the Sea. She now directs another 20th-century operatic masterpiece with an equally potent dramatic text. Co-written by W. H. Auden and his partner Chester Kallman, and set to music by Hans Werner Henze, Elegy for Young Lovers offers a savagely witty - and sometimes wryly self-referential - exposé of the creative ego and its insatiable need to feed off all around it.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

7 performances
Apr 24 • 26 • 28 & May 1 • 4 • 6 • 8 at 7pm

Supported by the English Opera Group

BOOKING INFORMATION

Tickets available from the Young Vic box office only.

• £35 downstairs
• £27.50 upstairs
• £10 for under-30s (limited availability)

Call 020 7922 2922 or visit the youngvic.org website

RELATED TALKS AND EVENTS

Pre-performance talk at the Young Vic.
Wed 28 April 2010, 6.15-6.45

Director Fiona Shaw will talk to Tom Service about the opera before the performance.

Tickets £4 – available from the Young Vic box office on 020 7922 2922.

CAST

Hilde Mack Jennifer Rhys-Davies; Elizabeth Zimmer Kate Valentine; Carolina Von Kirchstatten Lucy Schaufer; Toni Reischmann Robert Murray; Gregor Mittenhofer Steven Page; Wilhelm Reischmann William Robert Allenby; Josef Mauer Stephen Kennedy

Conductor Stefan Blunier; Director Fiona Shaw; Designer Tom Pye; Lighting Designer Peter Mumford; Video Artist Lynette Wallworth

No audio is available for this production

Production images will be available after opening night