British opera

British opera is opera which was composed either in Britain or by a composer of British nationality. Although not often granted masterpiece status (with the exception of Dido and Aeneas) in comparison to Italian or German opera, British opera is usually distinguished by beautiful music and formalized structure.

Music of the United Kingdom
History	Ethnicities
Early British popular music	English
1950s and 60s	Scottish
1970s	Welsh
1980s	Irish
1990s to present	Jamaican and Classical and Opera - Folk - Popular - Rock
Timeline and UK Singles Chart, UK classical chart
Festivals	Glastonbury festival
Media	NME - Melody Maker
National anthem	"God Save the Queen" (Wales-"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", Scotland-"Scotland the Brave", "Flower of Scotland")
Local music
Anglesey - Anguilla - Antrim - Armagh - Bermuda - Brecknockshire - Borders - Caernarfonshire - Cardiganshire - Carmarthenshire - Cayman Islands - Central Scotland - Channel Islands - Cornwall - Denbighshire - Down - Dumfries and Galloway - Grampian - East of England - East Midlands - Falklands - Fermanagh - Fife - Flintshire - Gibraltar - Glamorgan - Greater London - Highlands - Man - Merionethshire - Londonderry - Lothian - Monmouthshire - Montgomeryshire - Montserrat - North West England - Orkney - Pembrokeshire - Radnorshire - Shetland - South East England - Strathclyde - Tayside - Turks and Caicos - Tyrone - Virgin Islands - West Midlands - Western Isles - Yorkshire and the Humber

Prominent British composers include Henry Purcell (the composer of Dido and Aeneas), Georg Friedrich Handel (though he was born in Germany, he spent his composing life in London), and in the 20th century Benjamin Britten who specialized in producing chamber operas.