FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2009 file picture German composer Hans Werner Henze is photographed in Essen, Germany. German avant-garde composer Hans Werner Henze's publisher says he has died at 86. Schott ...

Known for his lushly lyrical scores and a fierce opposition to the Nazism that shadowed his childhood, this major German composer died Saturday in... Hans Werner Henze, one of the most important ...

Hans Werner Henze, who has died aged 86, quickly established himself after the Second World War as Germany's leading composer, at least in terms of productivity and political activism, with only ...

With its home theater under renovation, the Komische Oper branches out, beginning with Henze’s “The Raft of the Medusa” at Tempelhof Airport. By Zachary Woolfe In Berlin, the Komische Oper is ...

BERLINBERLIN — German composer Hans Werner Henze, whose prolific and wide-ranging work included a wealth of operas and 10 symphonies, died Saturday, his publisher said. He was 86. Henze died in the ...

Hans Werner Henze, who has died aged 86, who has died aged 86, was the leading German composer of the post-1945 era; but he was often at odds with his native country politically and aesthetically.