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Owen Wingrave (2001)

2001-01-01 · 1h 31m · EN
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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.

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Margaret WilliamsDirectorMyfanwy PiperWriter

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Gerald FinleyGerald FinleyOwen WingravePeter SavidgePeter SavidgeSpencer CoyleCharlotte HellekantCharlotte HellekantKate JulianJosephine BarstowJosephine BarstowMrs WingraveMartyn HillMartyn HillGen. Sir Philip WingraveAnne DawsonAnne DawsonMrs CoyleHilton MarltonHilton MarltonLechmereElizabeth GaleElizabeth GaleMrs Julian

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Based on novel or bookPacifismConscientious objectorOpera

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Genre affinityDrama · War · MusicTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Pacifism · Conscientious ObjectorDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityWarDirector preference489938Actor preference406164 · 475281 · 493148

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What is Owen Wingrave about?

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.

How long is Owen Wingrave?

Owen Wingrave has a runtime of 91 minutes.