The cast is outstanding: Gerald Finley as Owen the formidable Dame Josephine Barstow as his terrifying aunt and Martyn Hill as his militaristic grandfather. Who says singers can t act? One of the best opera films ever." -... more » The Sunday TimesThis 2001 production intriguingly tells the drama of Owen Wingrave who refuses to follow a military career like his ancestors. The story in which was written by Henry James and the libretto adapted by Myfanwy Piper. Led by award-winning director Margaret Williams and highly acclaimed conductor Kent Nagano and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.« less