Talks
Billy Budd: On Benjamin Britten
Sun, Feb 9, 2014
- 5PM
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February 2014
Sunday February 09, 2014
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2014 Winter/Spring Season
With Fred Plotkin
In conjunction with Billy Budd
Opera expert Fred Plotkin examines the life and work of Benjamin Britten, arguably the greatest British composer since Purcell. Plotkin delivers this lecture in conjunction with Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s production of Billy Budd, which comes to BAM as part of a worldwide celebration of Britten’s centennial.
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Benjamin Britten’s sweeping, seafaring masterpiece comes to BAM in a spectacular production from Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.