Das verratene Meer

Das verratene Meer
Opera by Hans Werner Henze
The composer in 1960
Translation	The Betrayed Sea
Librettist	Hans-Ulrich Treichel
Based on	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
Premiere	5 May 1990 (1990-05-05) Deutsche Oper, Berlin

Das verratene Meer (The Betrayed Sea) is an opera in two parts and 14 scenes, with music by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel, after Yukio Mishima's novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. Composed between 1986 and 1989, it was Henze's 9th opera, his third that he wrote for the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.

It was first performed at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 5 May 1990, when it was conducted by Markus Stenz and produced by Götz Friedrich. The US premiere was at San Francisco Opera on 8 November 1991.

(Ms. Sundine acted while Ms. Morgan sang, due to Ms. Sundine's illness at the time of the premiere)

Part I: Summer

Part II: Winter