Hans Werner Henze and Ingeborg Bachmann
One could tell an endless story about the relationship between Hans Werner Henze and Ingeborg Bachmann. What we learn about it from diaries and biographies is likely only part of the truth. That is precisely what makes their relationship even more mysterious.
To mark the 100th anniversary of Hans Werner Henze’s and Ingeborg Bachmann´s birth, Irene Kurka will once again perform “Verfinstert,” my composition based on a poem by Ingeborg Bachmann.
