What happens to an artist's work after their death? Who controls the narrative? 

Wahnfried begins with the death of Richard Wagner and spans forty years of history. We witness the Wagner family's determination to construct the myth of the composer, their brutal infighting and their disturbing political affiliations, reflecting the wider crisis in German politics in the first three decades of the twentieth century. 

This major new opera by the Israeli-born composer Avner Dorman, with a libretto by acclaimed German playwrights Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz, will receive its UK premiere at Longborough in 2025. The world premiere was presented alongside the Karlsruhe Ring in 2017 and was nominated for a prestigious International Opera Award in the Best New Opera category.

Houston Chamberlain - Mark Le Brocq
Cosima Wagner - Susan Bullock
Der Meistejunger - David Horton
Wagner-dæmon - Oskar McCarthy
Kaiser - Antoin Herrera-López Kessel
Isolde - Alexandra Lowe
Siegfried (Fidi) - Andrew Watts
Anna Chamberlain / Eva Chamberlain - Meeta Rava

Rest of cast TBA

Conductor - Justin Brown
Director - Polly Graham

5:00pm 27, 29 May + 10, 12, 14 June