The Cenci (opera)

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The Cenci is a 1951 opera in eight scenes by Havergal Brian based on the Shelley play The Cenci. The opera premiered in 1997 in the UK in a performance in London by the Millennium Sinfonia conducted by James Kelleher.^[1]

Recording

Soloists including Helen Field, soprano David Wilson-Johnson, baritone Inga Jonsdottir, contralto Stuart Kale, tenor Justin Lavender, tenor Millennium Sinfonia James Kelleher First recording TOCC0094

References

^ Havergal Brian: A Collection of Essays, ed. Lewis Foreman (1969), p. 16

[1] Havergal Brian: A Collection of Essays, ed. Lewis Foreman (1969), p. 16

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v t e Beatrice Cenci
Plays	The Cenci (Shelley, 1819) Nemesis (Nobel, 1896)
Operas	Beatrice Cenci^ (1949) The Cenci^ (1951) Beatrix Cenci^ (1971) Beatrice Chancy^ (1998)
Films	Beatrice Cenci (1909) Beatrice Cenci (1926) Beatrice Cenci (1941) Beatrice Cenci (1956) Beatrice Cenci (1969)
Other	Portrait of Beatrice Cenci (c. 1600)
^ based on the Percy Bysshe Shelley play