Is Billy Budd Benjamin Britten’s greatest opera? Personally, I would go farther and say it’s not only Britten’s greatest ...

Three months after Bergen-Belsen was liberated, Britten and Yehudi Menuhin performed there. Survivor and cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was ‘transfixed’ – as she told the composer when they played tog ...

It’s hard to think of many works of art that centre on a man subsuming his time and talents in order to encourage a woman’s prodigious creativity – the same cannot be said of the reverse. With the RSC ...

For this month’s Slate Book Review, I wrote about at a new biography of Benjamin Britten. In that book, author Neil Powell bridles a bit at the reductive assessment of scholar and critic Richard ...

I always perform a lot of Britten's music, but this year having been the 100th anniversary of his birth, this steady diet has become something of a feast. I'm always asked what draws me to Britten's ...

Benjamin Britten was born in Suffolk, England on November 22, 1913. He was one of the most prolific and versatile composers of the 20th century. He wrote operas, choral music, requiems .. as well as ...

Benjamin Britten moved back to Suffolk and founded the Aldeburgh Festival and helped build the Snape Maltings Concert Hall The birthplace of Benjamin Britten that was his seafront family home for more ...

As the Benjamin Britten centenary reaches its climax, here are ten good reasons why we think the 20th century English composer is one of the all-time greats. 4 He transformed the quality of British ...

Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area. A new statue honouring a Suffolk town's most famous son will soon be gazing out to sea as it inspires generations of creative types.

There’s been nothing like it in musical history: even Beethoven and Mozart have never been so magnificently honoured. Benjamin Britten’s hundredth birthday was celebrated on Friday in 44 countries, ...

In his centenary year, the triumph of Benjamin Britten seems complete. It takes an effort of imagination to remember it wasn’t always so. During his lifetime there were always loud dissenting voices, ...