Benjamin Britten NewsNews about Benjamin Britten continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Ignore the set of Billy Budd, and you'll hear a masterpiece- April 30, 2008 "Billy Budd, king of the birds" Throughout Houston Grand Opera's Billy Budd , an unseaworthy mechanical gizmo spins on stage - it's an annoying mechanical platform that's supposed to be the deck of the English warship Indomitable . via Houstonpress.comhttp://www.topix.net/who/benjamin-britten/2008/04/ignore-the-set-of-billy-budd-and-youll-h... Houston Grand Opera's 'Billy Budd' sails straight- April 27, 2008 "There is always some flaw in it" Even the people we think we know best move to forces we cannot know or understand. via WFAA-TV Dallashttp://www.topix.net/who/benjamin-britten/2008/04/houston-grand-operas-billy-budd-sails-st... SLIDESHOW: War Requiem rehearsal- April 25, 2008 Conductor Randy Buikema leads the Westminster Oratorio Choir through the paces of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" before Saturday's concert in Grinnell and Sunday's concert in Des Moines. via Des Moines Registerhttp://www.topix.net/who/benjamin-britten/2008/04/slideshow-war-requiem-rehearsal?fromrss=... L'opera lagniappe showcases operas- April 24, 2008 "Normally, it's somewhat updated. There are scenes that are done in the dark with flashlights, so there's always something new out there." The LSU Opera program is back to bring audiences "Lagniappe." L'Opera Lagniappe consists of several scenes from famous operas to give LSU Opera students who did not receive a big part in last March's production ... via The Daily Reveillehttp://www.topix.net/who/benjamin-britten/2008/04/lopera-lagniappe-showcases-operas?fromrs... Benjamin Britten's War Requiem at Duke Chapel- April 22, 2008 Wounded WWI Canadian soldiers heading for Britain Durham Benjamin Britten's War Requiem Duke Chapel - A Duke Chapel performance so ambitious university officials have had to remove pews to fit all of the ... via Independent Weeklyhttp://www.topix.net/who/benjamin-britten/2008/04/benjamin-brittens-war-requiem-at-duke-ch... Billy Budd opens review of composer- April 20, 2008 "Billy represents - and everybody (in the opera) acknowledges this - a hope of utopia, really." Quiz time! Name a 19th-cent ury Eng- lish-language opera you've actually heard. Not a Verdi or Puccini chestnut sung in English but an opera with an English libretto. via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/who/benjamin-britten/2008/04/billy-budd-opens-review-of-composer?from... |