View asset onlyGerald Finley as King Lear and Evelyn Herlizius as Goneril in the Opera by Aribert Reimann Lear at Salzburg Festival 2017Opera in two parts (1976-78)Libretto by Claus H. Henneberg after William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear in the German translation (1777) by Johann Joachim EschenburgNew productionSung in German with German and English surtitlesPrint programme (PDF)CREATIVE TEAMFranz Welser-Möst, ConductorSimon Stone, DirectorBob Cousins, SetsMel Page, CostumesNick Schlieper, LightingChristian Arseni, DramaturgyCASTGerald Finley, King LearEvelyn Herlitzius, GonerilGun-Brit Barkmin, ReganAnna Prohaska, CordeliaLauri Vasar, Earl of GloucesterKai Wessel, EdgarCharles Workman, EdmundMichael Maertens, FoolMatthias Klink, Earl of KentDerek Welton, Duke of AlbanyMichael Colvin, Duke of CornwallTilmann Rönnebeck, King of FranceFranz Gruber, ServantVolker Wahl, KnightConcert Association of the Vienna State Opera ChorusHuw Rhys James, Chorus MasterVienna PhilharmonicIdentifierAKG5436401SourceMarion KalterCredit lineMarion Kalter / akg-imagesImage date16.8.2017TopicCOLOUR PHOTOGRAPH ; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHMUSICOPERAGeographyAUSTRIAOPERASALZBURGSALZBURG FESTIVALPersonARIBERT REIMANNSize5616px × 3744px (60 MB) 47.5 cm × 31.6 cm @ 300 dpiSpecial Formats5616px × 3744px (60 MB) TIFF47.5 cm × 31.7 cm @ 300 dpiAdd to lightbox: 'My First Lightbox'Add to cartDownload