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Half a century has passed since Britten's death, leaving behind operas grappling with the questions of his time, conveyed through a language whose power and spirituality resonate deep within us. The colossal War Requiem, triumphantly premiered at the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, blends the Latin Mass and the otherworldly choruses of redemption sung by children with the impassioned poems of Wilfred Owen: no rest or consolation without denouncing barbarity.

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