In one opera by him, a character who sings "On the paths, in the woods, on the banks, by the walls, I wait" is often double-cast with the narrator, whose opening recitative begins "It is a curious story." Another one of this composer's protagonists asks "Who can turn skies back and begin again?" in "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades". One of this composer's characters sings "the ceremony of innocence is drowned" with Miss Jessel and haunts Miles and the Governess. The title character of one of his operas is defended by Ellen Orford and commits suicide after his apprentice John falls off a cliff in a work that contains "Four Sea Interludes." For 10 points, name this English composer of The Turn of the Screw and Peter G
In one opera by him, a character who sings "On the paths, in the woods, on the banks, by the walls, I wait" is often double-cast with the narrator, whose opening recitative begins "It is a curious story." Another one of this composer's protagonists asks "Who can turn skies back and begin again?" in "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades". One of this composer's characters sings "the ceremony of innocence is drowned" with Miss Jessel and haunts Miles and the Governess. The title character of one of his operas is defended by Ellen Orford and commits suicide after his apprentice John falls off a cliff in a work that contains "Four Sea Interludes." For 10 points, name this English composer of The Turn of the Screw and Peter Grimes.
In one opera by him, a character who sings "On the paths, in the woods, on the banks, by the walls, I wait" is often double-cast with the narrator, whose opening recitative begins "
Benjamin Britten