HENZE
CAPRICCIO C5460
a large body of work on his death in 2012, including 21 completed stage operas, three radio operas, three specifically tailored for children and 11 ballet scores. You’d never know the centrality of theatre to his composing, however, from the currency of his works. His operas have enjoyed relatively few productions in North America (and hardly any in Canada), though some, including , , and , have enjoyed continuing traction on European stages. Henze’s operas have fared considerably less well in the contemporary repertoire globally than those of, for example, Benjamin Britten, who was an admirer of the younger composer
