- Paul Bunyan - Opérette - 2 acts - English
- Libretto by W H Auden based on the American folktale
- First performance at Brander Matthews Hall, New York on 5 May 1941
- Peter Grimes - 3 acts - English
- Libretto by Montagu Slater based on the poem The Borough by George Crabbe
- First performance at Sadler's Wells, London on 7 June 1945
- The Rape of Lucretia - 2 acts - English
- Libretto by Ronald Duncan based on the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey
- First performance at Glyndebourne on 12 July 1946
- Albert Herring - 3 acts - English
- Libretto by Eric Crozier based on the short story Le Rosier de Mme. Husson by Guy de Maupassant
- First performance at Glyndebourne on 20 June 1947
- The Beggar's Opera - Ballet opera - English
- Libretto based on the ballad opera by John Ga
- First performance at Cambridge Arts Theatre on 24 May 1948
- Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep) - English
- First performance at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival on 14 June 1949
- Billy Budd - 4 acts - English
- Libretto by E M Forster and Eric Crozier based on the novella by Herman Melville
- First performance at Royal Opera House, London on 1 December 1951
- Gloriana - 3 acts - English
- Libretto by William Plomer based on 'Elizabeth and Essex' by Lytton Strachey
- First performance at Royal Opera House, London on 8 June 1953
- The Turn of the Screw - 2 acts - English
- Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the novella by Henry James
- First performance at Teatro La Fenice, Venice on 14 September 1954
- Noye's Fludde - English
- Libretto based on the Chester Miracle Play
- First performance at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival on 18 June 1958
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - 3 acts - English
- Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears based on the play by Shakespeare
- First performance at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival on 11 June 1960
- Curlew River - English
- First performance in 1964
- The Burning Fiery Furnace
- First performance at Orford Church, Suffolk, England on 9 June 1966
- The Prodigal Son - English
- First performance in 1968
- Owen Wingrave - 2 acts - English
- Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the short story by Henry James
- First performance at BBC2 TV broadcast on 16 May 1971
- Death in Venice - 2 acts - English
- Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the short story by Thomas Mann
- First performance at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June 1973
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