John Piper et Benjamin Britten : le renouveau de l’opéra anglais et ses décors by Sophie Aymès

“…From the architectural designs for The Rape of Lucretia to the window he designed for the new Coventry Cathedral and to the last opera sets for Death in Venice, he created backdrops for Britten’s works that provided a sense of aesthetic continuity whilst reflecting the contradictions of opera as a social form of art in post-war Britain.…”
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