The History of King Lear
The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's "King Lear". It first appeared in 1681, some seventy-five years after Shakespeare's version, and is believed to have replaced Shakespeare's version on the English stage in whole or in part until 1838.
Vision of Lear
Toshio Hosokawa composed his first opera in 1997 and 1998 on a commission of the City of Munich for its 1998 Munich Biennale. The libretto was written in English by Tadashi Suzuki, based on Shakespeare's play "King Lear". The opera in two acts includes elements from the traditional Japanese Noh theatre.