Alexander Goehr on his new King Lear opera, Promised End

Alexander Goehr's new opera, based on King Lear, will be his last, and he's delighted with English Touring Opera's production'It's about old men who get it wrong when they have power and influence – and then get into a mess. That's the reason I'm doing this opera." Alexander Goehr is telling me about Promised End, his new piece based on Shakespeare's King Lear. "As an incipient old man myself, that's what interested me about the story. I mean, I can't do Romeo and Juliet now – I'm past that ...

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