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Books : Entertainment : Music : Musical Genres : Opera : Composers : Britten, Benjamin
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The second title in the Amadeus Press Parallel Lives series, this volume examines the lives and work of two giants of 20th century music. Both composers influenced countless others, and their works are performed often in today's concert and opera houses.
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Paul Godfrey is "so good, so nervy and alert with imagination and intelligence" (Sunday Times)
Includes the plays: Inventing a New Colour "Godfrey's appealing first play is, with its ominous signs of disjunction, like a surrealist painting"(Guardian), Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens "A fictional-biographical account of Benjamin Britten…lyrical, poetic prose, sinuous, swift, eloquent and dramatic" (Sunday Times), A Bucket of Eels "Danger gives Paul Godfrey's wonderful play its drama. Six young people enter a Freudian forest of their own imaginings" (Financial Times), The Blue Ball "An enquiry into the magic of space exploration….a rather interesting, idiosyncratic and well written play" (Observer) is an imaginative investigation of the experience of Space researched by the playwright among the astronauts themselves. This ambitious play questions the politics of a culture in which the wondrous is rendered mundane and what seems commonplace is rendered absurd.
The Blue Ball was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre and received its première at the Cottesloe Theatre in 1995.
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Television opera - that is, opera commissioned for television - was one of the earliest attempts by television to bridge the distinction between high culture and popular culture: between 1951 and 2002, in Britain and the United States, over fifty operas were commissioned for television. This book discusses three case studies, the first a live broadcast, the second a video recording, and the third a filmed opera made for television: Gian Carlo Menotti's 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' (NBC, 1951); Benjamin Britten's 'Owen Wingrave' (BBC, 1971), taking into account Britten's earlier television experiences with 'The Turn of the Screw' (Associated Rediffusion, 1959) and 'Billy Budd' (NBC, 1952 and BBC 1966); and Gerald Barry's 'The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit' (1995), part of Channel 4's decision in 1989 to embark upon a series of six hour-long television operas. In each case, the composer's response to the demands of television, and his place within the production's hierarchy, are examined; and the effect of the formats and techniques peculiar to television on the process of composing are discussed. JENNIFER BARNES is Assistant Principal and Dean of Studies at Trinity College of Music, London.
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A play about Benjamin Britten and his friendship with WH Auden and Peter Pears
Drawn from the life of Benjamin Britten and informed by many personal interviews with the composer's friends including his sister Beth, this play explores the conflict between his association with WH Auden and his partnership with Peter Pears, culminating in the triumphant premiere of Peter Grimes in 1945.
Once in a While The Odd Things Happened premiered at the Cottesloe in 1990.Paul Godfrey's work includes Inventing a New Colour (Royal Court, 1988); Once in a While the Odd Thing Happens (Royal National Theatre); A Bucket of Eels (RSC Festival 1994); The Panic (ROH Garden Venture, 1991); and The Modern Husband (Actors Touring Company).
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This digital document is an article from Opera Canada, published by Opera Canada Publications on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 477 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Albert Herring. (CDs).(Sound Recording Review) (sound recording review)
Author: Rick MacMillan
Publication: Opera Canada (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2003
Publisher: Opera Canada Publications
Volume: 44 Issue: 2 Page: 45(1)
Article Type: Sound Recording Review
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Title: Benjamin Britten: A Celebration.(Toronto)
Author: Paula Citron
Publication: Opera Canada (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: Opera Canada Publications
Volume: 45 Issue: 1 Page: 33(2)
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Title: Britten: Rattle Conducts Britten. Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. EMI CZS 5 73983 2 (2-disc set).(Review) (sound recording review)
Author: John Puccio
Publication: Sensible Sound (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2001
Publisher: Sensible Sound
Page: 76
Article Type: Sound Recording Review
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Title: Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge.(Sound Recording Review)
Publication: Sensible Sound (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: Sensible Sound
Issue: 100 Page: 70(3)
Article Type: Sound Recording Review
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Title: Canadian Opera Company.
Author: William Littler
Publication: Opera Canada (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2003
Publisher: Opera Canada Publications
Volume: 44 Issue: 4 Page: 30(2)
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Title: Lyric Opera of Chicago. (Opera in Review).(Hansel und Gretel and Billy Budd) (opera review)
Author: Richard Covello
Publication: Opera Canada (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: Opera Canada Publications
Volume: 43 Issue: 1 Page: 34(1)
Article Type: Opera Review
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This digital document is an article from Literator, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2007. The length of the article is 6357 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Musikale narratief in Benjamin Britten se opera Billy Budd/musikale narratief in Benjamin Britten se opera Billy Budd.(text in Afrikaans, South Africa)(Critical essay)
Author: Karen Vermeulen
Publication: Literator (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Page: 85(19)
Article Type: Critical essay
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Title: OFAM concerts put the spotlight on two 20th century Romantics.(Entertainment)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: April 3, 2005
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: L3
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on November 7, 2004. The length of the article is 609 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Three composers, three takes at the serenade.(Entertainment)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: November 7, 2004
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: L3
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