<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - benjamin-britten</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/benjamin-britten</link><description>Newsvine - benjamin-britten</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:52:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 22:53:15 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Britten ghost story at City Opera</title>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to operatic ghost stories, none is more creepily effective than Benjamin Britten's "The Turn of the Screw."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17087904-britten-ghost-story-at-city-opera</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17087904-britten-ghost-story-at-city-opera</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>review</category><category>opera</category><category>of-the</category><category>benjamin-britten</category><category>turn-of-the-screw</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:52:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65783919-01b1-4c30-b360-99f9f1559c6c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65783919-01b1-4c30-b360-99f9f1559c6c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo provided by the New York City Opera, cast members perform during a dress rehearsal by the New York City Opera of The Turn of the Screw, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. From left are Dominic Armstrong as Peter Quint; Benjamin P. Wenzelberg as Miles; Lauren Worsham as Flora; Jennifer Goode Cooper as Miss Jessel and Sara Jakubiak as the Governess. (AP Photo/New York City Opera, Richard Termine) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03fa81c1-3944-40af-a3be-6e23a18ab53d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=03fa81c1-3944-40af-a3be-6e23a18ab53d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo provided by the New York City Opera, cast members perform during a dress rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw, by  the New York City Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. From left are Jennifer Goode Cooper as Miss Jessel; Dominic Armstrong as Peter Quint and Sara Jakubiak as the Governess. (AP Photo/New York City Opera, Richard Termine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45852aac-7326-4a2d-af48-550cbc919674.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="350" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=45852aac-7326-4a2d-af48-550cbc919674.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo provided by the New York City Opera, cast members of the the New York City Opera Sara Jakubiak as the Governess, left, and Sharmay Musacchio as Mrs. Grose perform during a dress rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. (AP Photo/New York City Opera, Richard Termine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6fbc006-6d3d-416b-9fa6-acec5947a327.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6fbc006-6d3d-416b-9fa6-acec5947a327.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Lauren Worsham performs in the role of Flora during a dress rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw, by the New York City Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. (AP Photo/New York City Opera, Richard Termine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a02e8cb8-d94a-423c-a1ae-1ed06da496a5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a02e8cb8-d94a-423c-a1ae-1ed06da496a5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Benjamin P. Wenzelberg in the role of Miles and Sara Jakubiak as the Governess perform during a dress rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw, by  the New York City Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. (AP Photo/New York City Opera, Richard Termine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65aae312-4461-4054-bad8-75538df65e3b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65aae312-4461-4054-bad8-75538df65e3b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo provided by the New York City Opera, Lauren Worsham as Flora and Benjamin P. Wenzelberg as Miles perform during a dress rehearsal of The Turn of the Screw, by the New York City Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. (AP Photo/New York City Opera, Richard Termine)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A grim, ghostly 'Billy Budd' on British stage</title>
<description><![CDATA[A ghostly gloom dominates the stage of the London Coliseum, where the English National Opera is closing out its season with Benjamin Britten's 1951 shipboard tragedy "Billy Budd."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12381762-a-grim-ghostly-billy-budd-on-british-stage</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/24/12381762-a-grim-ghostly-billy-budd-on-british-stage</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>review</category><category>opera</category><category>english-national-opera</category><category>billy-budd</category><category>benjamin-britten</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:26:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b45c381-6daa-44f2-9d66-6931f8403719.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b45c381-6daa-44f2-9d66-6931f8403719.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo made available by the English National Opera  Friday June 22, 2012 from their production of Billy Budd with Jonathan Summers, left, as Mr Redburn, Darren Jeffery, center, as Mr Flint, and Thomas Fetherstonhaugh as Cabin boy. The production opened June 18, 2012 in London. (AP Photo/English National Opera/Henrietta Butler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'February House' Is An Intriguing Place to Visit</title>
<description><![CDATA[
THE NEW MUSICAL AT THE PUBLIC&nbsp;THEATER SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON A 1940'S COMMUNE OF WORLD CLASS ARTISTS
BY HENRY EDWARDS
&ldquo;February House,&rdquo; the inaugural production of The Public Theater&rsquo;s Musical Theater Initiative, currently running at The Public&rsquo;s Mart&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BROADWAY BULLETIN]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BROADWAY BULLETIN]]></source><link>http://broadwaybulletin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/11923474-february-house-is-an-intriguing-place-to-visit</link><guid>http://broadwaybulletin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/11923474-february-house-is-an-intriguing-place-to-visit</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>public-theater</category><category>w-h-auden</category><category>george-davis</category><category>benjamin-britten</category><category>carson-mccullers</category><category>gypsy-rose-lee</category><category>february-house</category><category>public-theater-s-musical-theater-initiative</category><category>martinson-theater</category><category>gabriel-kahane</category><category>seth-bockley</category><category>davis-mccallum</category><category>chester-kallman</category><category>peter-pears</category><category>erika-mann</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 17:08:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BROADWAYBULLETIN02A8EA93-53CC-F7EA-DAEA-8112EF0B3162.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BROADWAYBULLETIN02A8EA93-53CC-F7EA-DAEA-8112EF0B3162.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julian Fleisher and Kristen Sieh portray editor George Davis and author Carson McCullers in &quot;February House.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rare Met revival of Britten's shipboard opera</title>
<description><![CDATA[Absent from the Metropolitan Opera for 15 years, Benjamin Britten's great maritime tragedy "Billy Budd" has made a brief but welcome return in the season's closing days.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Silverman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11563832-rare-met-revival-of-brittens-shipboard-opera</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/06/11563832-rare-met-revival-of-brittens-shipboard-opera</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>review</category><category>opera</category><category>metropolitan-opera</category><category>billy-budd</category><category>benjamin-britten</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 13:49:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8cb08cfe-0cf3-4e7b-bc79-bef1c4e4abc2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8cb08cfe-0cf3-4e7b-bc79-bef1c4e4abc2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo, Nathan Gunn performs the title roll during the final dress rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's &quot;Billy Budd&quot; at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f058c09-e6e5-4ca3-8f53-b243e668c4d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f058c09-e6e5-4ca3-8f53-b243e668c4d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo, conductor David Robertson acknowledges the audience during the final dress rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's &quot;Billy Budd&quot; at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67ffd14b-c3bf-42c1-aa68-6883cb3bc6f4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67ffd14b-c3bf-42c1-aa68-6883cb3bc6f4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo, James Morris performs as John Claggart during the final dress rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's &quot;Billy Budd&quot; at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78599a49-a7ae-438e-93ef-8ecf90d599c8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78599a49-a7ae-438e-93ef-8ecf90d599c8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo, John Daszak performs as Capt. Vere during the final dress rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's &quot;Billy Budd&quot; at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=984da4d9-20f2-4642-819e-fa5dc74947e8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=984da4d9-20f2-4642-819e-fa5dc74947e8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, May 2, 2012 photo, Nathan Gunn, center, performs the title roll during the final dress rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's &quot;Billy Budd&quot; at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Florence festival cancels 2 operas</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Italian music organization says it is canceling performances of Giuseppe Verdi's "Macbeth" and Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd" due to cuts in government funding.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/02/2495940-florence-festival-cancels-2-operas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/02/2495940-florence-festival-cancels-2-operas</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>cuts</category><category>opera</category><category>giuseppe-verdi</category><category>benjamin-britten</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:22:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>