Benjamin Britten


Benjamin Britten

Britten, (Edward) Benjamin, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh
22.11.1913 Lowestoft - 4.12.1976 Aldeburgh


Works for stage
with date/place of first performance:

Paul Bunyan (5.5.1941 New York)
Peter Grimes (7.6.1945 London)
The Rape of Lucretia (12.7.1946 Glyndebourne)
Albert Herring (20.6.1947 Glyndebourne)
The Beggar's Opera (24.5.1948 Cambridge).
Let's Make an Opera [The Little Sweep] (14.6.1949 Aldeburgh)
Billy Budd (1.12.1951 London)
Gloriana (8.6.1953 London)
The Turn of the Screw (14.9.1954 Venezia)
Noye's Fludde (18.6.1958 Aldeburgh)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (11.6.1960 Aldeburgh)
Billy Budd [rev] (13.11.1960 BBC*)
Curlew River (12.6.1964 Aldeburgh)
The Burning Fiery Furnace (9.6.1966 Aldeburgh)
The Prodigal Son (10.6.1968 Aldeburgh)
Owen Wingrave (16.5.1971 BBC TV*; 10.5.1973 London)
Death in Venice (16.6.1973 Aldeburgh)
rev = revised / * = broadcast

Opera at Opera Guide