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Owen Wingrave

2001 · 1h 31m · Music · Drama · War

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7.5

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Overview

Margaret Williams directs this 2001 production of adaptation of Benjamin Britten's television opera based on a short story by Henry James. Performers featured include Gerald Finley, Peter Savidge and Josephine Barstow. The conductor is Kent Nagano. As pertinent now as then, OWEN WINGRAVE was composed by Benjamin Britten at the height of the Vietnam War. The opera poses the question: Is pacifism an act of cowardice? Or rather a desire to escape from the spiral of war and create world peace? To what extent do we determine our own futures? Should we let past events inform the decisions we make? Britten’s characters grapple with timeless issues in this gripping psychodrama.

Cast

Gerald Finley

Gerald Finley

Owen Wingrave

Peter Savidge

Spencer Coyle

Charlotte Hellekant

Kate Julian

Josephine Barstow

Josephine Barstow

Mrs Wingrave

Martyn Hill

Gen. Sir Philip Wingrave

Anne Dawson

Mrs Coyle

Hilton Marlton

Lechmere

Elizabeth Gale

Mrs Julian

Crew

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Details

Release date
January 1, 2001
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Music, Drama, War

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