Eric Crozier
Eric Crozier (born November 14, 1914 in London , † September 7, 1994 in Granville (Manche) , France ) was a British stage director and librettist who was best known for his collaboration with Benjamin Britten .
Crozier trained at the Old Vic Theater in London and then worked at the English National Opera (Sadler's Wells Theater); In 1945 he staged Britten's first opera Peter Grimes there . In 1948 Crozier founded the Aldeburgh Festival with Britten and Peter Pears and wrote the libretto for Britten's Saint Nicolas Cantata . He had previously directed the world premiere of Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia (with his wife Nancy Evans in the lead role). He later succeeded Pears as festival director in Aldeburgh.
Crozier died in Granville, France, a few weeks before his 80th birthday in 1994.
literature
- Mervyn Cooke (Ed.): The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Britten. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK 1998, ISBN 0-521-57476-5 .
Web links
- An interview with Eric Crozier recorded in 1992 - a British Library sound recording
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crozier, Eric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British stage director and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1994 |
| Place of death | Granville (Manche) , France |