Edward Benjamin Britten

Died: the Red House, Aldeburgh, England, 4 Dec. 1976

Operas

• Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (5.5.1941, Columbia University, New York). Operetta in 2 acts, W. H. Auden.
• Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (7.6.1945, Sadler's Wells, London). Opera in 3 acts, Montagu Slater, after the poem The Borough by George Crabbe.
• The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 (12.7.1946, Glyndebourne). Opera in 2 acts, Ronald Duncan, after the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey.
• Albert Herring, Op. 39 (20.6.1947, Glyndebourne). Opera in 3 acts, Eric Crozier, after de Maupassant's Le Rosier de Madame Husson.
• Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep), Op. 45 (14.6.1949, Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh). Children's Opera in 2 parts, Eric Crozier.
• Billy Budd, Op. 50 (1.12.1951, Covent Garden, London). Opera in 4 acts, E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, after Melville's novel.
• Gloriana, Op. 53 (8.6.1953, Covent Garden, London). Opera in 3 acts, William Plomer, after Lytton Strachey's Elizabeth and Essex.
• The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 (14.9.1954, Teatro la Fenice, Venice). Opera in prologue and 2 acts, Myfanwy Piper, after Henry James' novella.
• Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 (18.6.1958, Orford Church, Aldeburgh). Children's Church Opera
• A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 (11.6.1960, Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh). Opera in 3 acts, Britten and Peter Pears, after Shakespeare
• Curlew River, Op. 71 (12.6.1964, Orford Church, Aldeburgh). Church Parable, William Plomer.
• The Burning Fiery Furnace, Op. 77 (9.6.1966, Orford Church, Aldeburgh). Church Parable, William Plomer.
• The Prodigal Son, Op. 81 (10.6.1968, Orford Church, Aldeburgh). Church Parable, William Plomer.
• Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 (16.5.1971, BBC TV broadcast; 10.5.1973, Covent Garden, London). Opera in 2 acts, Myfanwy Piper, after the short story by Henry James.
• Death in Venice, Op. 88 (16.6.1973, the Maltings, Snape [Aldeburgh]). Opera in 2 acts, Myfanwy Piper, after the novella Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann.

Adaptations and Realizations

• The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (24.5.1948, Arts Theatre, Cambridge). Realization of the Ballad Opera in 3 acts, John Gay.
• Dido and Aeneas (1.5.1951, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith). Realization of the Opera by Henry Purcell (with Imogen Holst).
• The Fairy Queen (25.6.1967, the Maltings). Realization of the Opera by Henry Purcell.

Film Scores

• The King's Stamp (1935)
• Coal Face (1935)
• The Tocher (1935)
• God's Chillun (1935)
• Night Mail (1936)
• Peace of Britain (1936)
• The Calendar of the Year (1936)
• The Saving of Bill Blewett (1936)
• Line to the Tschierva Hut (1936)
• Love from a Stranger (1936)
• Book Bargain (1937)
• Many a Pickle (1938)
• Advance Democracy (1938)
• Village Harvest (1938)
• Instruments of the Orchestra (1946)

Incidental and Other Dramatic Music

• Timon of Athens (1935)
• Easter 1916 (1935)
• The Ascent of F6 (1937)
• Pageant of Empire (1937)
• Out of the Picture (1937)
• King Arthur (radio) (1937)
• The Company of Heaven (radio) (1937)
• Hadrian's Wall (radio) (1937)
• The Seven Ages of Man (1938)
• Old Spain (1938)
• On the Frontier (1938)
• Lines on the Map (radio) (1938)
• The World of the Spirit (radio) (1938)
• Chartism (radio show) (1938)
• Johnson over Jordan (1939)
• The Sword in the Stone (radio) (1939)
• The Dark Valley (radio) (1940)
• The Rocking Horse Winner (radio) (1941)
• An American in England (radio) (1942)
• The Man Born to be King (radio) (1942)
• The Four Freedoms (radio) (1943)
• Appointment (radio) (1943)
• Lumberjacks of America (radio) (1943)
• Britain to America (radio) (1943)
• The Rescue (radio) (1943)
• A Poet's Christmas (radio) (1944)
• This Way to the Tomb (1945)
• The Eagle has Two Heads (1946)
• The Duchess of Malfi (1946)
• The Dark Tower (radio) (1946)
• Men of Goodwill (radio) (1947)
• Stratton (1949)
• Am Stram Gram (1954). canon.
• Old Friends Are Best (1955)
• The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 (1.1.1957, Covent Garden, London). Ballet.
• The Golden Vanity, Op. 78 (3.6.1967, the Maltings). Children's Cantata.
• Children's Crusade, Op. 82 (19.5.1969, St. Paul's Cathedral, London). Children's Cantata.