Prom 43: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g鈥檚 Endgame

17 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 17 Aug 2023 Next Event

Proms 2023 Prom 43: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g鈥檚 Endgame

19:30 Thu 17 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall

Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g鈥檚鈥榰nforgettable鈥� adaption of Samuel Beckett鈥檚 absurdist play has its highly anticipated UK premiere, given by the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth.

Programme

- - Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g
  - Endgame(125 mins)

Performers

Frode Olsen
Hamm
Hamm
Morgan Moody
Clov
Clov
Hilary Summers
Nell
Nell
Leonardo Cortellazzi
Nagg
Nagg
麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth
conductor
conductor
Victoria Newlyn
Stage director
Stage director

Composers

Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g

About This Event

鈥楤eckett has been waiting for Kurt谩g all this time,鈥� wrote The New Yorker after the triumphant La Scala premiere of Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g鈥檚 Endgame (Fin de partie) in 2018. Subsequently named one of the greatest operas of the century by The Guardian, Kurt谩g鈥檚鈥榰nforgettable鈥� adaption of Samuel Beckett鈥檚 absurdist play has its highly anticipated UK premiere. The 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra is led by its Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth.

Semi-staged; sung in French, with English surtitles

There will be no interval

Image: Frode Olsen

Part of

Proms 2023 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Proms