Benjamin Britten, War Requiem, 1962, performance documentation, English National Opera, UK (2018). Courtesy of English National Opera. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith.
War Requiem is one of the greatest choral works of the twentieth century. Benjamin Britten juxtaposes the anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen with the timeless ritual of the Latin Requiem Mass. The Requiem will be presented in a stage version directed by Daniel Kramer with the collaboration of the artist Wolfgang Tillmans.
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