The first part of the following video is what happens when you leave a composer at home during rehearsals of his new opera with too much time on his hands. And the second part is an attempt to condense the wild tale of love, imagination, adventure and backwards-talking men that will be premiered in a few days at the opera house Bonn into a handy narrative that doesn’t stretch anybody’s patience.<\/p>\n
„Iwein Löwenritter“ is based on Felicitas Hoppe’s children’s book, which in turn is based on a medieval poem by Hartmann von der Aue. The libretto is by Andrea Heuser.<\/p>\n