"Curlew River" shared the virtues of Aix's "Dido" and largely avoided its problems.

"Curlew River" - a relatively simple production - will cost the company $17,800.

Britten's chief compositional technique in Curlew River is heterophony, which he uses to extraordinary dramatic effect.

Benjamin Britten uses one in the role of the Madwoman in Curlew River.

Britten did not write "Curlew River" until 1964, in Venice.

The scale and manner of instrumentation are similar to those in Curlew River, but one notable difference is the use of the alto trombone.

"Curlew River," Britten insisted, is not an opera, but a church parable.

The cast portrays a group of monks, enacting a similar story of a woman who crosses Curlew River in search of her son.

He participated in the premiere and first recording of Britten's Curlew River in 1964.

Another great work inspired by the East was the parable Curlew River (1964).