‘Beckett has been waiting for Kurtág all this time,’ wrote The New Yorker after the triumphant La Scala premiere of György Kurtág’s Endgame (Fin de partie) in 2018. Subsequently named one of the greatest operas of the century by The Guardian, Kurtág’s ‘unforgettable’ adaption of Samuel Beckett’s play has its highly anticipated UK premiere.
The BBC Proms offer a very rare chance to hear the work as it presents a semi-staged performance by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra led by its Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday 17 August. It will be broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 3 and will be available afterwards on BBC Sounds. The cast includes Frode Olsen as Hamm, Morgan Moody as Clov, Hilary Summers as Nell and Leonardo Cortellazzi as Nagg.
The Samuel Beckett Society 