Owen Wingrave, Op. 85, is an opera in two acts with music by Benjamin Britten and libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after a short story by Henry James. It was...
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BBC commissioned Britten to write an opera specially for television. Owen Wingrave was based, like The Turn of the Screw, on a ghost story by Henry James...
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Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015. "OWEN WINGRAVE (1976)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 December...
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at Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. Owen Wingrave, Op. 85: Opera for television in two acts, 106'. Libretto by Myfanwy...
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Pears created roles in Britten's last two operas, playing General Wingrave in Owen Wingrave recorded at Aldeburgh for its premiere, which was on BBC television...
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careers. The opening scenes of Benjamin Britten's 1971 television opera Owen Wingrave, and the 1892 novella by Henry James on which it is based, are set in...
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Retrieved 6 December 2021. "The Wheel of Time, Collaboration, Owen Wingrave/Owen Wingrave/Chapter 1". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 20 July 2024. "Eastbourne...
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(surname) Lechmere, a fictional character in Benjamin Britten's 1971 opera Owen Wingrave, and in the short story by Henry James on which it was based Lechmere...
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respectively. In 1971, Britten composed the title role of his television opera Owen Wingrave specifically for Luxon's voice; Luxon created the role later that year...
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Dominick Ferrand" (1892) "Greville Fane" (1892) "Collaboration" (1892) "Owen Wingrave" (1892) "The Wheel of Time" (1892) "The Middle Years" (1893) "The Death...
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