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According to Operabase, Britten has more operas played worldwide than any other composer born in the 20th century,<ref>http://operabase.com/top.cgi?lang=en#composer Operabase List of top composers</ref> and only Puccini and Richard Strauss come ahead of him if the list is extended to all operas composed after 1900.<ref>http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/Britten-Pears-Foundation-announces-Centenary-grants/12218 Britten-Pears Foundation press release</ref> | According to Operabase, Britten has more operas played worldwide than any other composer born in the 20th century,<ref>http://operabase.com/top.cgi?lang=en#composer Operabase List of top composers</ref> and only Puccini and Richard Strauss come ahead of him if the list is extended to all operas composed after 1900.<ref>http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/Britten-Pears-Foundation-announces-Centenary-grants/12218 Britten-Pears Foundation press release</ref> | ||
| − | In 1936 he met the tenor [[Peter Pears]] who became his life partner. In 1939 they moved to America. They returned in 1942, registering as conscientious objectors, and moved to Aldeburgh in [[Suffolk]]. In 1948 they founded the Aldeburgh Festival. | + | In 1936 he met the tenor [[Peter Pears]] who became his life partner. In 1939 they moved to America. They returned in 1942, registering as conscientious objectors, and moved to [[Aldeburgh]] in [[Suffolk]]. In 1948 they founded the Aldeburgh Festival. |
Britten declined a knighthood, but accepted a life peerage a few months before his death. | Britten declined a knighthood, but accepted a life peerage a few months before his death. | ||
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File:Benjamin Britten-Karsh.jpg
Photo by Yousuf Karsh, mid 1950s
According to Operabase, Britten has more operas played worldwide than any other composer born in the 20th century,[1] and only Puccini and Richard Strauss come ahead of him if the list is extended to all operas composed after 1900.[2]
In 1936 he met the tenor Peter Pears who became his life partner. In 1939 they moved to America. They returned in 1942, registering as conscientious objectors, and moved to Aldeburgh in Suffolk. In 1948 they founded the Aldeburgh Festival.
Britten declined a knighthood, but accepted a life peerage a few months before his death.
References
- ↑ http://operabase.com/top.cgi?lang=en#composer Operabase List of top composers
- ↑ http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/Britten-Pears-Foundation-announces-Centenary-grants/12218 Britten-Pears Foundation press release
