A 1968 production of Hans-Werner Henze's comic opera filmed at Berlin's Deutsche Oper. With the plot centering around how a whole town is deceived into taking a dressed monkey as a young lord, the work features performances from, among others, Edith Mathis, Donald Grobe and Barry McDaniel. Christoph von Dohnányi conducts.
Christoph von Dohnányi | Conductor |
Hans Werner Henze | Original Music Composer |
Ingeborg Bachmann | Writer |
Ernst Wild | Director |