Aug 29th, 2008 · Benjamin Britten's final, haunting opera Death in Venice (based on Thomas Mann's novella) finds an aging writer obsessed with one particular kind of beauty that leads to his downfall, in a production from Glimmerglass Opera.
Aug 2nd, 2006 · In the spirit of mixing and matching music on MP3 players, Performance Today mixes a set of four short pieces, back to back, by Benjamin Britten, J.S. Bach, Mozart and Richard Strauss.
Jul 13th, 2006 · Benjamin Britten's four Sea Interludes, from his 1945 opera Peter Grimes, come floating out over the landlocked mountains of the Grand Teton Music Festival. The Festival Orchestra is conducted by Mark Wigglesworth.
Oct 11th, 2005 · Violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov joins the North German Radio Philharmonic for a performance of Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto, a plea for peace by a wartime composer. Eiji Oue conducts.