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THE WRITE STUFF Benjamin Britten : A Life for Music Finally, an intimate and spellbinding biography of one of the 20th century's most prolific and gifted composers.

TEENAGERS from a Tyneside school are hoping to be in fine voice when they team up with classical stars for a prestigious concert.

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The work of renowned musician Benjamin Britten and his links to the city will be celebrated in a special Norfolk and Norwich Festival performance by the Philharmonia Orchestra on Monday.

The Dallas Museum of Art recently opened a show titled, The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece in Dallas, Texas.

How many operas feature a man who is crowned May Queen because no one can vouch for the virginity of the village girls? Andrew Mellor on Britten's comic gem, Albert Herring A shy boy about to break free ... Iain Paton in Opera North's 2002 production of Albert Herring.

"Life had the most amazing plan," said Jessop, recipient of the 2013 Madeleine Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts and Humanities.

Giving a taste of what's to come, the visiting American Boychoir put on a performance for students and community members Friday afternoon in SUNY Potsdam's Hosmer Hall.

The famous actor, comedian, director, TV presenter - and huge opera fan - will appear in Benjamin Britten's Paul Bunyan this summer After working with some of the world's most famous classical singers, it comes as no surprise that Welsh National Opera has signed another big name.

Each fall, as artistic director Mark Vuorinen sets to planning the Grand Philharmonic Choir's next season, he is guided by what will inspire both the choir and the audience.

Jacaranda's three-concert celebration of Benjamin Britten 's centenary continues today, April 27th with a concert staging of "Curlew River," a chamber opera intended for performance in a church.

Loyola University's opera program is offering a spring workshop focusing on the life and work of composer/conductor/pianist Benjamin Britten.

Retired TV news anchor Don Shelby is the voice of Paul Bunyan in the VocalEssence performances of Benjamin Britten's opera "Paul Bunyan." The legend of the lumberjack giant, Paul Bunyan, is so indelibly stitched into the mythology of Minnesota that most state residents would likely be surprised to find him the subject of an English opera.

Whatever else we may hear during this year's Benjamin Britten centenary, the work that remains most closely associated with the composer is Peter Grimes , an opera about a man at odds with himself and society.

Attention grant makers: Lynn Becker is pleased to announce he will be available to set up residency in London from July to September this year to create an introductory on-line overview of classical music through the hundreds of concerts of the 2013 BBC Proms, plus a new blog on London, architecture and urbanism.

Monteverdi Master Chorale will be presenting its spring concert, "Song and Dance." Two concerts will be performed: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St.

SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music will mark the centennial of the composer Benjamin Britten's birth with a performance of his monumental War Requiem on May 4. As part of the second annual Lougheed Festival of the Arts, Crane will host the American Boychoir, as well as Maestro Christof Perick, the 2013 Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor, ... (more)

Apr. 23, 2013 - MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee, WI - Bel Canto Boy Choirs, Ellen Shuler, director, present Child's Play on Sunday, May 5. This free event is part of the First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa's 2013 4 O'clocks Free Concert Series .

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, one of the most influential classical composers of the past century.

To conclude its 140th anniversary season, the Oratorio Society of New York, the city's standard for grand choral performance, presents Benjamin Britten 's monumental 1962 work War Requiem at Carnegie Hall tonight, April 22, 2013, at 8:00 PM.