Deborah Warner’s 60th anniversary production of Britten’s Curlew River, a highlight at this year’s Aldeburgh Festival, is on BBC4 in the autumn. Mary Colwell was there
Song of the Fenland

A magnificent rendition of the grieving mother from tenor Ian Bostridge at Aldeburgh
photos: © Britten Pears Arts, marcus roth
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