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5.2.07

Britten Operas on Ionarts

by Charles T. Downey | Monday, February 05, 2007

Benjamin Britten, composerBenjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Paul Bunyan (1941)
Production: Central City Opera
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Peter Grimes (1945)
Production: Santa Fe Opera | Metropolitan Opera
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The Rape of Lucretia (1946)
Production: Portland Opera | Peabody Chamber Opera | Châteauville Foundation
DVD: English National Opera

Albert Herring (1947)
Production: Catholic University
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The Beggar's Opera (adapted from John Gay, 1948)
Production: Châteauville Foundation
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The Little Sweep/Let's Make an Opera (1949)
Production:
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Billy Budd (1951)
Production: Washington National Opera | Santa Fe Opera
DVD: English National Opera

Gloriana (1953)
Production: Opera Theater of St. Louis
DVD: English National Opera

The Turn of the Screw (1954)
Productions: Mariinsky Theater | Châteauville Foundation
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Noye's Fludde (1957)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960)
Productions: Glyndebourne | De Munt / Théâtre de la Monnaie
DVD: Glyndebourne | Robert Carsen

Curlew River (1967)
Production: Edinburgh Festival
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The Prodigal Son (1968)
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Owen Wingrave (1971)
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DVD: Film by Margaret Williams

Death in Venice (1973)
Production: Glimmerglass
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The Burning Fiery Furnace (1979)
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