In 1939, Britten fled to the US where, for a time, he house-shared with fellow musicians, writers and a burlesque dancer, as Philip Clark reveals... Read more England’s most significant composer in ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The coastal festival, founded by the composer and Peter Pears in the 1940s, has built a reputation for rich, forward-looking programming. Benjamin Britten, whose history is ...

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 ...

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.