March 24, 2023 • A new collection of recordings finally freed from the vaults offers a chance to hear one of opera's greatest artists sing Wagner, Strauss, Berlioz and more.

Britten 100 – a staggering, year-long celebration of the art of Benjamin Britten (1913-76) was launched this morning at the Royal College of Music (where Britten studied) in, appropriately, the ...

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 tension between Benjamin Britten’s public and private lives holds the secret to understanding his creative psyche and his operatic characters Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin ...

Earlier this autumn, the Metropolitan Opera honored the centennial anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth on November 22 by re-staging its 1996 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some ...

But let's take a step back before we examine bits and pieces from his amazing output, and look at what he achieved over his lifetime. Britten, who died in 1976, was a gifted composer by any measure, ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter On 12 December 1953 a small choirboy with a round, angelic face, but a none too angelic glint in his eye, stood on the stage of the ...

Anyone who has heard Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes and stood on Aldeburgh beach will appreciate the great violinist’s words: the screech of seagulls, the clatter of pebbles, the constantly ...

Outstanding composer, virtuoso pianist, talented conductor, inspired recording artist, major music festival organiser, peerless arranger of folksongs – there was seemingly nothing he didn’t excel at.