Mieczysław Weinberg: The Passenger

Overview

Continuing its tradition of unearthing little-known 20th-century operas, the Bregenz Festival presented the first staged production of Polish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg’s “The Passenger” in 2010. Written in 1967/68, the opera relates the chance meeting of a former concentration camp guard and one of her former inmates on an ocean liner years after the war.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2015

Original language

English

Cast

Li︠u︡bovʹ Sokolova,Vienna Symphony,Michelle Breedt,Angelica Voje,Svetlana Doneva,Teodor Currentzis

Director

David Pountney

Writer

Zofia Posmysz,Alexander Medvedev

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt23904162