Charles Hazlewood examines Britten's work alongside Bridge's Three Idylls. Duration: 1:03:10 Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Charles Hazlewood looks at Britten's Young Person's Guide to ...

As the world celebrates the composer’s centenary, Clemency Burton-Hill examines his enduring influence – from opera to Moonrise Kingdom. The trickle began on 1 January 2013 and quickly became a flood, ...

The centenary of the birth of composer Benjamin Britten next year is to be marked with an unprecedented celebration of his music, including all 14 of his operas. Britten 100 will bring together opera ...

It’s a great year for opera, with three of the art form’s greatest characters celebrating major anniversaries. Wagner has been done proud by Daniel Barenboim’s Ring Cycle, which will go down as the ...

Who do they think Benjamin Britten is? Mozart? That's the first thought that comes to my mind, gazing at the phenomenal programme of events for the composer's centenary of his birth, which falls in ...

To celebrate 100 years since the composer’s birth, Clemency Burton-Hill recommends the best way for a casual listener to discover the magic of Britten’s music. 2013 has brought forth an embarrassment ...

ON A SHINGLE shore with a choppy grey sea as backdrop, Peter Grimes came home to its birthplace in one of the most exhilarating opera events I have experienced, and also the chilliest. Benjamin ...

English National Opera’s staging of Britten’s 1947 opera Albert Herring - Alastair Muir Seething beneath the comic surface of Britten’s witty 1947 opera Albert Herring is social criticism of the ...

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Gloriana is the orphan among the Britten’s major operas – he called it “his slighted child” – and sixty years after its premiere, it has still not been fully adopted into the canon. What holds it back ...

Proms Music Guide: Britten's Peter Grimes. Duration: 3:19 Britten: The Turn of the Screw - Opera Guide A guide to Britten's The Turn of the Screw featuring the voices of Britten experts. Duration: ...