This man wrote an opera taken from the story "Le Rosier de Madame Husson," and his opus #71 is based on the Japanese Noh play "Sumida River."
This man wrote an opera taken from the story "Le Rosier de Madame Husson," and his opus #71 is based on the Japanese Noh play "Sumida River." He penned a TV opera Owen Wingrave as well as the music for the documentary film Night Mail. One of his most famous works is dedicated to the children of John and Jean Maud and contains a fortississimo finish while another includes the "Four Sea Interludes" and is based on a work by George Crabbe. Better known among his operas is an adaptation of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. FTP, name this British composer of Noye's Flood, War Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, and Peter Grimes.
This man wrote an opera taken from the story "Le Rosier de Madame Husson," and his opus #71 is based on the Japanese Noh play "Sumida River."
Benjamin {Britten}