Benjamin Britten’s surprising habit of ‘Christianising’ non&Christian stories in his operas
Benjamin Britten was one of those composers whose religious leanings were unclear; and as a gay man in mid-20th Century England, he had few reasons to love a Church that showed little sign of loving him. But he nonetheless produced quantities of music for church performance, much of it significant. And his stage works had The post Benjamin Britten’s surprising habit of ‘Christianising’ non-Christian stories in his operas appeared first on Catholic Herald.
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