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Noye's Fludde
''Noye's Fludde'' is a one-act opera largely intended for amateur performers, particularly children, created by the British composer Benjamin Britten. First performed on 18 June 1958 at that year's Aldeburgh Festival, it is based on the 15th-century Chester "mystery" or "miracle" play which recounts the biblical story of Noah, the flood and the ark. Britten specified that the opera should be staged in churches or large halls, not in a theatre.
By the mid-1950s Britten had established himself as a major composer both of operas and of works for mixed professional and amateur forces, including the mini-opera for young audiences involving child performers, ''The Little Sweep'' (1949). He had also used text from the Chester play cycle, retelling the story of Abraham and Isaac, for his 1952 ''Canticle II''. ''Noye's Fludde'' was originally commissioned by Associated-Rediffusion, as part of a television series on music-making; when the series was aborted, another television company took over the project. To the Chester text Britten added three congregational hymns, together with the Greek prayer ''Kyrie eleison'' as a children's chant, and an ''Alleluia'' chorus. A large children's chorus represents the pairs of animals who march into and out of the ark, and proceedings are directed by the spoken Voice of God. Of the solo sung roles, only the parts of Noye (Noah) and his wife are intended to be sung by professionals; the remaining roles are taken by child and adolescent performers. The mainly amateur orchestra, underpinned by a small professional ensemble, contains numerous unconventional instruments to provide particular musical effects; bugle fanfares for the animals, handbell chimes for the rainbow, and various improvisations to replicate musically the sounds of the storm.
At its premiere ''Noye's Fludde'' was acclaimed by critics and public alike, both for the inspiration of the music and the brilliance of the design and production. The opera received its American premiere in New York in March 1959, and its first German performance at Ettal in May of that year. Since then it has been staged worldwide; the performance in Beijing in October 2012 was the first in China of any Britten opera. The occasion of Britten's centenary in 2013 led to numerous productions at music festivals, both in the UK and abroad.
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