BERKELEY — Playing the Madwoman in Benjamin Britten’s “Curlew River,” British tenor Ian Bostridge embodies sadness and dread. His cloak is black. His songs are half-spoken, half-sung, sometimes ...

New staging of Britten’s work, first seen at the Aldeburgh festival 60 years ago, complemented by authentic Noh play Benjamin Britten’s Curlew River was first seen in the 1964 Aldeburgh festival and, ...

Benjamin Britten had already composed many of his best-known operas when, in 1964, he began writing a trio of works he called “parables” — religiously themed music theater pieces designed to be ...

Throughout his career, Ian Bostridge has often been praised for the pure, otherworldly sound of his voice — which may make him the ideal choice to sing the role of the Madwoman in Benjamin Britten’s ...

BERKELEY — Playing the Madwoman in Benjamin Britten”s “Curlew River,” British tenor Ian Bostridge embodies sadness and dread. His cloak is black. His songs are half-spoken, half-sung, sometimes ...