Overview

A 1968 production of Hans-Werner Henze's comic opera filmed at Berlin's Deutsche Oper. With the plot centering around how a whole town is deceived into taking a dressed monkey as a young lord, the work features performances from, among others, Edith Mathis, Donald Grobe and Barry McDaniel. Christoph von Dohnányi conducts.

Top Cast

Edith Mathis

Luise

D

Donald Grobe

Wilhelm

L

Loren Driscoll

Lord Barrat

Barry McDaniel

Sir Edgar's Secretary

O

Otto Graf

Sir Edgar