These include Les Illuminations , Nocturne , the Serenade for Tenor , Horn and Strings and the Canticles . In Brittenâ s operas he sang Peter Grimes and Albert Herring ( title roles ) , The Beggar 's Opera ( Macheath ) , Owen Wingrave ( Sir Philip Wingrave ) , Billy Budd ( Captain Vere ) , The Turn of the Screw ( Quint ) , Death in Venice ( Aschenbach ) and the three Church Parables . These include the Nocturne , the Serenade for Tenor , Horn and Strings , the Canticles , the operas Peter Grimes and Albert Herring ( title roles ) , his adaption of The Beggar 's Opera ( Macheath ) , Owen Wingrave ( Sir Philip Wingrave ) , Billy Budd ( Captain Vere ) , The Turn of the Screw ( Quint ) , Death in Venice ( Aschenbach ) and the three Church Parables .