GORMENGHAST, The Opera (text homepage)

October 31, 2025

Linz presents the Austrian premiere of Irmin Schmidt’s rock opera “Gormenghast”. Based on Mervyn Peake’s legendary novels, the work combines bizarre characters, ritual, and intrigue with a unique fusion of rock, orchestra, and avant-garde sounds. The Times hailed it: “If Richard Strauss had written rock music… gloriously, unashamedly lush.”

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