Hans Werner Henze (Hans Werner Henze) |

Hans-Werner Henze

kompożitur Ġermaniż. Imwieled fl-1 ta’ Lulju 1926 fi Gütersloh. Studja f’Heidelberg ma’ W. Fortner u f’Pariġi ma’ R. Leibovitz.

Huwa l-awtur ta’ aktar minn 10 opri, fosthom The Theatre of Miracles (1949), Boulevard of Solitude (1952), The Stag King (1956), The Prince of Hamburg (1960), Elegy for Young Lovers (1961), “ Young Lord” (1965), “Bassarids” (1966), “Alpine Cat” (1983) u oħrajn; kompożizzjonijiet sinfoniċi, tal-kamra u vokali, kif ukoll balletti: Jack Pudding (1951), The Idiot (ibbażat fuq ir-rumanz ta’ F. Dostoevsky, 1952), The Sleeping Princess (fuq temi mill-ballet ta’ Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty, 1954) , “ Tancred” (1954), “Dance Marathon” (1957), “Ondine” (1958), “Rose Zilber” (1958), “The Nightingale of the Emperor” (1959), “Tristan” (1974), “Orpheus” (1979).

Ttellgħu wkoll balletti bil-mużika tat-Tieni u l-Ħames Sinfoniji ta’ Henze.