Curlew River
Curlew River
A filmed version of Deborah Warner's 60th anniversary production of Benjamin Britten's Curlew River, the first of the composer's church parables which was performed at Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, as part of the Aldeburgh Festival in June 2024. The story of a grieving woman searching for her missing son, it stars Ian Bostridge as the Madwoman, Willard White as the Abbott, Duncan Rock as the Ferryman and Marcus Farnsworth as the Traveller
Curlew River airs on BBC Four HD at 1:30 AM, Monday 18 November. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Music ➝ Ballet ➝ Dance
Classical
Ian Bostridge
Actor
Willard White
Actor
Duncan Rock
Actor