"Who wrote ""Our Man in Havana""?"
Our Man in Havana (opera) Our Man in Havana (opera) Our Man in Havana is an opera in three acts composed by Malcolm Williamson to a libretto by Sidney Gilliat based on Graham Greene's 1958 novel "Our Man in Havana". Williamson's first full-scale opera, it was premiered on 2 July 1963 at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. The premiere in East Germany was in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz) in May 1966, with Renate Haertel, Eva Lehoczky, Elisabeth Fuchs, Peter Slawow, Konrad Rupf, Egon Schulz, Gerhard Scherfling, Manfred Drescher, conducted by Gerhard Rolf Bauer. The opera was presented at the Csokonay Theatre Debrecen in May 1967, with Jozsef
Our Man in Havana commented: Alas, the book did me little good with the new rulers in Havana. In poking fun at the British Secret Service, I had minimized the terror of Batista's rule. I had not wanted too black a background for a light-hearted comedy, but those who suffered during the years of dictatorship could hardly be expected to appreciate that my real subject was the absurdity of the British agent and not the justice of a revolution. Greene returned to Havana between 1963 and 1966. Our Man in Havana Our Man In Havana (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the