Benjamin Britten Lord Harewood called it "the first genuinely successful British opera, Gilbert and Sullivan apart, since Purcell." Dismayed by the in-fighting among the company, Cross, Britten and Pears severed their ties with Sadler's Wells in December 1945, going on to found what was to become the English Opera Group. A month after the opening of "Peter Grimes", Britten and Yehudi Menuhin went to Germany to give recitals to concentration camp survivors. What they saw, at Belsen most of all, so shocked Britten that he refused to talk about it until towards the end of his life, when he told Pears that
New Opera Singapore production was held at The Arts House Chamber on 10 April 2015. Liebeslieder: This production was held at Esplanade, Recital Studio on 8 January 2015. 2014: Dichterliebe and Hermit Songs: This production was held at The Arts House Chamber on 25 November 2014. "Johann Strauss II:"Die Fledermaus: This production was held at Victoria Theatre on 25 and 27 July 2014. Opera Comique at the Hotel: This production was held at The Arts House Chamber on 15 April 2014. 2013: Britten: A Celebration in Song was a production in tribute to the renowned Benjamin Britten, this was held at the Arts