“PASSACAGLIA” IN THE OPERA OF THE 20ᵗʰ CENTURY. THE INTERLUDE NO.4 FROM THE OPERA “PETER GRIMES” BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN by Gabriela COCA

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Le viol de Lucrèce de Britten : un livret d’opéra qui revisite les fondamentaux du genre by Pascal Terrien

“…After composing Peter Grimes, Benjamin Britten desired to go back to the basics of the genre. …”
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The Rape of Lucretia, premier « opéra anglais » de Britten ?  by Gilles Couderc

“…The Rape of Lucretia is Britten’s second opera, composed in the wake of the popular success of Peter Grimes and amidst the composer’s difficulties in sustaining his ambitious project to restore English opera and to set up his own opera company despite the dire post-war economic context. …”
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