The Madwoman in Curlew River

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Madwoman_in_Curlew_River
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Sumidagawa_(Noh_play)
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:duration about 1 hour
gptkbp:genre church parable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Madwoman in Curlew River
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Japanese_Noh_theatre
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:William_Plomer
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:The_Ferryman
gptkb:The_Abbot
gptkb:The_Traveller
gptkb:The_Madwoman
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Peter_Pears_as_The_Madwoman
gptkbp:numberOfActs 1
gptkbp:orchestration gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Church_Parables_(Britten)
gptkbp:premiereDate 1964-06-13
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Orford_Church,_Suffolk,_England
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Faber_Music
gptkbp:setting gptkb:medieval_East_Anglia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Peter_Pears
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6