If you have read Choosing An Edition: The Chimes Guide you will already know about Urtext editions. We have gathered on this page a list of different editions of Britten works from Chimes.

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Britten Opera from Chimes

Albert Herring (Boosey & Hawkes, English)

Beggar's Opera (Boosey & Hawkes, English)

Billy Budd (Boosey & Hawkes, English)

Death in Venice (Faber, English)

Gloriana (Boosey & Hawkes, English)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Boosey & Hawkes, English/German)

Noye's Fludde (Boosey & Hawkes, English/German)

Peter Grimes (Boosey & Hawkes, English)

Paul Bunyan (Faber, English)

The Rape of Lucretia (Boosey & Hawkes, English/German)

The Turn of the Screw (Boosey & Hawkes, English)

Opera Arias:
Soprano Vol. 1 & Soprano Vol. 2
Mezzo-Soprano
Tenor Vol. 1 & Tenor Vol. 2
Baritone
Bass-Baritone

Death in Venice

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