Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” is a rare beast. Most only get the chance to conduct the piece once or twice in their lives, but director of choral organizations and conducting Prof. Andrew Megill ...

A chorus of schoolboys who sang on a world-famous rendition of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem have been reunited, thanks to an advert in a local newspaper. The recording, made in 1963, sold 200,000 ...

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 ...

Benjamin Britten came to refer to his 1957 ballet score "The Prince of the Pagodas" as "beastly," and it wasn't only because the dance is about a princess who falls in love with a salamander.

I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to composer anniversaries but this year, marking 100 years since the birth of Benjamin Britten, has been absolutely fascinating for me. I am now living proof that ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. No part of Benjamin Britten’s legacy is more treasurable than his song cycles. Many are settings of poems in ...

Exploring the history of Britten's Curlew River as a film of the work from June's Aldeburgh Festival is released In early 1956 during a visit to Japan, Benjamin Britten saw the Japanese Noh play ...