For a Look or a Touch • Naxos 2008
Based on the true story of two teenage lovers the Holocaust tore apart forever, the opera For a Look or a Touch casts long-awaited light on the fate of gay Germans in the Holocaust.
Featuring Morgan Smith, Julian Patrick, Erich Parce, Amos Yang, Julian Schwarz, Mina Miller
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A recording of the song cycle version of For a Look or a Touch exists on the 2014 Naxos recording Out of Darkness.
“Heggie’s song cycle with actors, For a Look or a Touch, is a masterpiece. The music is tonal and evocative...This is an impressive piece of work. It tells the tale musically and vocally without waver or waffle, and deserves many hearings.”