The Operas of Benjamin Britten / / ed. by David Herbert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Auden, W.H.,; Baker, Janet,; Britten, Benjamin,; Coleman, Basil,; Crabbe, George,; Crozier, Eric,; Duncan, Ronald,; Forster, E. M.,; Graham, Colin,; Keller, Hans,; Pears, Peter,; Piper, John,; Piper, Myfanwy,; Plomer, William,; Porter, Andrew,; Slater, Montagu,
• TeilnehmendeR: Baker, Janet.; Coleman, Basil.; Crozier, Eric.; Graham, Colin.; Keller, Hans.; Pears, Peter.; Piper, John.; Piper, Myfanwy.; Porter, Andrew.
• HerausgeberIn: Herbert, David,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1979]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 1979
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Editor’s note --; Acknowledgements --; Preface --; Introduction: Operatic music and Britten --; Working with Britten --; Designing for Britten --; Writing for Britten --; The first opera: Paul Bunyan --; Staging first productions 1 --; Staging first productions 2 --; Staging first productions 3 --; The last opera: Death in Venice --; Librettos --; Paul Bunyan --; Peter Grimes (derived from the poem of George Crabbe) --; The Rape of Lucretia (after André Obey's play ‘Le Viol de Lucrèce’) --; Albert Herring (freely adapted from a short story by Guy de Maupassant) --; The Little Sweep --; Billy Budd (adapted from the story by Herman Melville) --; Gloriana --; The Turn of the Screw (adapted from the story by Henry James) --; Noye’s Fludde --; A Midsummer Night's Dream (adapted from William Shakespeare) --; Curlew River --; The Burning Fiery Furnace --; The Prodigal Son --; The Golden Vanity --; Owen Wingrave (based on a short story by Henry James) --; Death in Venice (based on the short story by Thomas Mann) --; Select Bibliography --; Index to main text
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231887564; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/herb92208
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by David Herbert.

Provides a reference work and record of the original stage realizations of Britten's operas including all sixteen librettos.