Recognised as one of today’s leading Britten experts as a result of his long collaboration with the composer, Steuart Bedford has conducted Britten’s operas in the most important houses including the world premiere of Death in Venice at Aldeburgh in 1973.
Steuart Bedford conducted an innovative production of Peter Grimes at the Aldeburgh Festival that has since been released in cinemas, on DVD and on CD to critical acclaim. In recent seasons, he conducted highly praised productions of Death in Venice at Garsington Opera, Don Giovanni at Vancouver Opera, Albert Herring with BBC Symphony Orchestra at London’s Barbican Centre, The Turn of the Screw in the first ever Britten opera presented by Opera Holland Park, Albert Herring at the Grange Park Festival with Aurora Orchestra and returned to the Royal Academy of Music in a production of The Rape of Lucretia.