Noye’s Fludde
Noye’s Fludde is a one-act opera by the British composer Benjamin Britten. First performed on 18 June 1958 at that year’s Aldeburgh Festival, it is based on the 15th-century Chester mystery play. Britten specified that the opera should be staged in churches or large halls, not in a theatre. A large children’s chorus represents the pairs of animals who march...