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Owen Wingrave, Op. 85, is an opera in two acts with music by Benjamin Britten and libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after a short story by Henry James. It was originally written for televised performance. Britten had been aware of the story since his work with Piper on his previous opera modelled after a James work, The Turn of the Screw in ...
27 de ago. de 2018 · James deftly blends progressive values and a cynical, innately conservative worldview into “Owen Wingrave,” leading to an emotionally complex, philosophically nuanced, timeless parable of national sin and the sacrifice of youth for the sustenance of the corrupt state.
Neste conto ou narrativa curta, James apresenta-nos um jovem que, contra a vontade da família e do seu instrutor, quer abandonar o exército por objecções à vida militar e num golpe genial baptiza-o com o sugestivo nome de Owen Wingrave.
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Owen, the last in a long line of soldiers, decides to come out as a pacifist to his proud family. With only his army instructor for support, he heads out to the haunted family home, Paramore to break the news.
Owen Wingrave: With Ross Ramgobin, Susan Bullock, Richard Berkeley-Steele, William Dazeley. All hell breaks loose after Owen, the only heir to the famous family of soldiers, the Wingraves, decides to become a pacifist.
Owen Wingrave, the second son of a military family is being coached for entry into Sandhurst and a career as a soldier. He is surrounded by relatives with a fierce loyalty to the traditions of duty, public sacrifice, and death in conflict.
