Shakespeare's King Lear has defied composers who refused invitations to render this bleakest of tragedies into opera: Berlioz, Britten, Verdi were all at some point approached about an operatic version, all declined the opportunity. Aribert Reimann had no such doubts, however, rendering a composition, first performed in 1978, filled with rage and fury. With a […] The full version of the article Rage and Fury: Calix…
