Among these were Yniold in Pelléas et Mélisande conducted by Pierre Boulez at the Royal Opera House in 1969.
The librettos were translated into modern English with spoken dialogue replacing the recitatives, the music was re-scored for small ensemble, and actors were used in preference to opera singers.
He did much the same thing with Puccini's La bohème and Verdi's Falstaff, making film versions of those production in 2000 and 2005 respectively.
[7] In 2007 Britten adapted and directed a film version of Oliver Goldsmith’s comedy She Stoops to Conquer for Sky Arts.
Britten borrowed heavily from George Frideric Handel's Zadok the Priest (one of his Coronation Anthems), and the piece was performed by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.