

Philip Brett concludes that ‘peace and pacifism come to stand in for, or perhaps at least to complement, those homoerotic desires and feelings that the “gamelan” had signified in Britten's music since at least The Turn of the Screw’. His fervour and the music's glittery warmth amidst so much that is angular and crashing suggest what dare not speak its name in work after work … The private, almost fetishistic quality of this word in Britten's output explains itself – warrants its full warmth – only if it is understood as the pass- or code-word for his sexuality.’ Donald Mitchell and Humphrey Carpenter likewise argue for the word's wider associations. Company Royal Opera.43 Indeed, Holloway,, ‘The Church Parables (II)’, in The Britten Companion, 224 Google Scholar, suggests that ‘in Owen's monologue praising peace, we sense that the word's larger vibrations carry beyond the purely conventional associations invoked. T02081520029Winner, 1998 Olivier Award for Best New Opera. Sadler's Wells Theatre, Inner London :: V224 Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935 Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh :: V75īritish Youth Opera - T02107110182 Company British Youth Opera. Performer Adam Tunnicliffe (Andy Anderson/John Shears). Performer Matt R J Ward (Pete Peterson/Western Union Boy). Performer Ashley Catling (Hot Biscuit Slim). Performer Adrian Dwyer (Johnny Inkslinger/Balladeer).

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Performer David Newman (Quartet of the Defeated). Performer Morag Boyle (Quartet of the Defeated). Performer Michael Burke (Quartet of the Defeated). Performer David Newman (Western Union Boy). Performer Robert Winslade Anderson (John Shears). Performer Andrew Tinkler (Cross Crosshaulson/Cronie). Performer Paul Sheehan (Jen Jenson/Cronie). Performer Geraint Hylton (Pete Peterson/Cronie). Performer Adam Sullivan (Andy Anderson/Cronie). Performer William Morgan (Hot Biscuit Slim). Performer Elgan Llyr Thomas (Johnny Inkslinger). Part of ENO Studio Live - T0955445331Sung in English Producer English National Opera. Performer Rowan Pierce (Tiny).Īlexandra Palace, Outer London :: V0521614631 Part of ENO Studio Live - T792268048Sung in English Producer English National Opera. Archive listings for Paul BunyanWork type: Opera or Operetta.
