Mr and Mrs Punch and the Molotov cocktail

The Independent on Sunday | April 27, 2008| | Copyright

Classical

Britten was said to hate Birtwistle's violent opera, but, 40 years on, its wit and skill stand out. Just don't look for a moral centre

Punch and Judy Young Vic LONDON

Atalanta Britten Theatre LONDON

Acis and Galatea Wilton's Music Hall LONDON

Was Benjamin Britten really so horrified by Punch and Judy that he walked out of the premiere? Sources close to those who worked on the original production of Harrison Birtwistle's first opera pooh- pooh this oft-repeated story. Britten was ill that day, they say. He commissioned it, they say. And if you were an ambitious young composer with ...

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