Shakespeare, William: 1564-1616

Music based on King Lear

King Lear by Dmitri Shostakovich | Le roi Lear Overture by Hector Berlioz

King Lear, 1940, by Dmitri Shostakovich

Incidental music, Op. 58a; written for a 1940 stage production by the film-director Grigori Kozintsev

Le roi Lear Overture, 1831, by Hector Berlioz

Berlioz and Shakespeare
Part 1

Part 2