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Composer
Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten
1913 - 1976 UK 2*
List of operas
  1. 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
  2. Peter Grimes 1* - 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep) - English
    • Libretto by Eric Crozier
    • First performance at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival on 14 June 1949
  7. Billy Budd 1* - 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
  8. 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
  9. The Turn of the Screw 1* - 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
  10. Noye's Fludde - English
    • Libretto based on the Chester Miracle Play
    • First performance at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival on 18 June 1958
  11. 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
  12. Curlew River - English
    • First performance in 1964
  13. The Burning Fiery Furnace
    • First performance at Orford Church, Suffolk, England on 9 June 1966
  14. The Prodigal Son - English
    • First performance in 1968
  15. 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
  16. 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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