Throughout the 1950s Britten continued to write operas. Billy Budd (1951) was well received at its Covent Garden premiere and was regarded by reviewers as an advance on Peter Grimes.Blom, Eric. "Britten's Billy Budd, The Observer, 2 December 1951, p. 6; Hope-Wallace, Philip. "Britten's Billy Budd", The Manchester Guardian, 3 December 1951, p. 5; and Porter, Andrew. "Britten's Billy Budd", Music & Letters, Volume 33, No. 2, April 1952, pp. 111–118 . Gloriana (1953), written to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II, had a cool reception at the gala premiere in the presence of the Queen and the British Establishment en masse. The downbeat story of Elizabeth I in her decline, and Britten's score – reportedly thought by members of the premiere's audience "too modern" for such a gala – did not overcome what Matthews calls the "ingrained philistinism" of the ruling classes. Although Gloriana did well at the box office, there were no further productions in Britain for another 13 years.Greenfield, Edward. "Gloriana at Sadler's Wells", The Guardian, 22 October 1966, p. 6. It was later recognised as one of Britten's finer operas.Christiansen, Rupert. "Gloriana: Britten's problem opera", The Daily Telegraph 18 June 2013; and Church, Michael. "Richard Jones's revelatory ROH revival of Britten's underrated Gloriana", The Independent, 21 June 2013. The Turn of the Screw the following year was an unqualified success;Mason, Colin. "Britten's New Opera at Venice Festival: Welcome for The Turn of the Screw", The Manchester Guardian, 15 September 1954, p. 5. together with Peter Grimes it became, and at 2013 remained, one of the two most frequently performed of Britten's operas."Operas, Britten", Operabase, accessed 25 May 2013. .
throughout the 1950s britten continued to write operas billy budd (1951) was well received at its covent garden premiere and was regarded by reviewers as an advance on peter grimesblom eric "britten's billy budd the observer 2 december 1951 p 6; hope-wallace philip "britten's billy budd" the manchester guardian 3 december 1951 p 5; and porter andrew "britten's billy budd" music & letters volume 33 no 2 april 1952 pp 111–118  gloriana (1953) written to mark the coronation of elizabeth ii had a cool reception at the gala premiere in the presence of the queen and the british establishment en masse the downbeat story of elizabeth i in her decline and britten's score – reportedly thought by members of the premiere's audience "too modern" for such a gala – did not overcome what matthews calls the "ingrained philistinism" of the ruling classes although gloriana did well at the box office there were no further productions in britain for another 13 yearsgreenfield edward "gloriana at sadler's wells" the guardian 22 october 1966 p 6 it was later recognised as one of britten's finer operaschristiansen rupert "gloriana britten's problem opera" the daily telegraph 18 june 2013; and church michael "richard jones's revelatory roh revival of britten's underrated gloriana" the independent 21 june 2013 the turn of the screw the following year was an unqualified success;mason colin "britten's new opera at venice festival welcome for the turn of the screw" the manchester guardian 15 september 1954 p 5 together with peter grimes it became and at 2013 remained one of the two most frequently performed of britten's operas"operas britten" operabase accessed 25 may 2013 