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Arden Must Die
Opera by Alexander Goehr
Other titleArden muss sterben
LibrettistErich Fried
LanguageGerman, translated to English
Premiere
5 March 1967 (1967-03-05)

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] It was commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera.[3]

The German libretto was written by Erich Fried, with an English version by Geoffrey Skelton.[1] 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.[1]

The British première was at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, on 17 April 1974, conducted by Meredith Davies.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Nicholas Williams (2002). "Arden Must Die [Arden muss sterben]". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O900168. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  2. ^ Playbill, general rehearsal, Hamburg, 4 March 1967
  3. ^ Performance material, Schott Music