Benjamin Britten on Camera (tv) • 00:14:00 • BBC radio recording of premiere. Pears: "The opera is, I think, one of Britten's most rich and varied achievements. He's freer in this than he has been for a long time." Tiny space of Jubilee Hall. April Cantelo: having to go outside to cross behind the stage. Great tribute to be asked to sing by Britten. Description of her character. "Working with him on a piece that had been written for me was just wonderful, because it all kind of fitted like a glove. If I obeyed everything he wrote in the score, it sounded like me, somehow or other." Positive critical response. Jenny Doctor: audience appreciation index lower than was usual for operas at the time. Responses inc "lacking in melody, harmony, form, beauty of interest", "a cacophony of rhythmless banging and clanging called music, by someone who obviously thinks melody is below his dignity to produce."
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