Released:
1968-01-01

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.

Director:
Ernst Wild

Runtime:
2h 16min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Edith Mathis
  as
  Luise
• 
  Donald Grobe
  as
  Wilhelm
• 
  Loren Driscoll
  as
  Lord Barrat
• 
  Barry McDaniel
  as
  Sir Edgar's Secretary
• 
  Otto Graf
  as
  Sir Edgar