Benjamin Britten News

The University of Iowa will present 'Opera Without Elephants! A Celebration of the Singer-Actor's Process' a free program of opera scenes by composers including W.A. Mozart, Benjamin Britten, Stephen Sondheim and Kurt Weill, at 7:30 p.m. today and 1 p.m. Saturday at The Englert Theatre.

Seasonal favourites plus some new Noel songs are on deck by the Encore! Women's Choir Saturday at Duncan United Church.

Music for Advent and Christmas will feature a programme of compositions and arrangements that includes items by Benjamin Britten, Reginald Jacques, John Rutter, Peter Gritton, and Reginald Spofforth's rarely-heard Yorkshire Glee that gives the event its title.

The Sea to Sky Singers have been practicing night and day for months - and the choir is now ready to deliver something for everyone this holiday season with A Ceremony of Carols on Saturday and Sunday, Dec.

This article has been read 139 times. One Sunday afternoon in March, I was sitting in the balcony of Heinz Hall watching John Adams conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a performance of "Four Sea Interludes" from Benjamin Britten's opera "Peter Grimes." The selection came to a thunderous, rousing conclusion.

Date : Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:18:09 PST Arda Mandikian Arda Mandikian, the Greek soprano, who died on November 8 aged 85, was a great favourite of Benjamin Britten and created the role of Miss Jessel, the ghostly former governess in Turn of the Screw; but her international singing career came to a premature end in the 1960s after she spoke out ...

For many years now, James Bowman has been one of the world's leading countertenors; his name is synonymous with musical excellence whether on the concert platform, the opera stage or the recording studio, writes Neil Crutchley.

Columbus' BalletMet has helped people discover their love and talent for dance since 1976.

Date : Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:49 +0400 ARDA MANDIKIAN: SOPRANO CHAMPIONED BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN The Times/uk November 17, 2009 Arda Mandikian, left, as the ghost of Miss Jessel with Jennifer Vyvyan in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw A singer whose repertoire ranges, with authority, over more than 2,000 years is likely to be unusual.

One of the most notable formal features of Alan Bennett 's new play for the National Theatre, The Habit of Art , is its play-within-a-play. The action is set within a rehearsal room.

College Avenue Secondary School, what are you up to now? November 11 is a day of remembering -- exactly what CASS did this Veterans' Week.

Benjamin Britten was less of a presence than usual at this year's Aldeburgh festival, but lovers of his music could find consolation in a series of Britten song cycles in Blythburgh church, masterminded by the accompanist Malcolm Martineau.

Comment on this story FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 The Crane School of Music at SUNY-Potsdam celebrates National Opera Week with a production of 'Albert Herring'. Benjamin Britten's comic opera opens tonight in Snell Music Theater.

Two of the city's leading performance organizations for young artists - the Tulsa Youth Opera and the Tulsa Youth Symphony - join forces for a special performance of Benjamin Britten's one-act about the biblical story of Noah and the ark.

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The Kansas City Symphony of the Michael Stern era made its recording debut in 2008 with an inventive pairing of two works inspired by Shakespeares Tempest.

Benjamin Britten's early years are often ignored, overshadowed by the spectacular success of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, when he was 31.

The Rape of Lucretia is not just about rape; a more profound meaning lies under the challenging music and minimalist set of this upcoming NAU opera.

"Much good has been shown me and much evil, and the good has never been perfect.

Frank Bridge's music was out of fashion even before his death in 1941, and took time to be rediscovered, despite the support of pupils such as Benjamin Britten.