A composer from this country wrote Der Wald, the first Met-produced opera by a woman, and conducted her opera The Wreckers from prison. The monodrama Eight Songs for a Mad King is by a composer from this country who was inspired by a Renaissance composer for the opera Taverner. A composer from this country wrote an all-male opera and cast his life partner in the lead tenor role. In an opera from this country, a transfixed boy shouts “Malo!” during quotations of a twelve-note (*) “Screw” theme. A composer from this country wrote the aria “Now the Great Bear and Pleiades” and Four Sea Interludes for an opera following a rustic fisherman. For 10 points, name this home country of Ethel Smyth (“smaith”), Peter Maxwell Davies, and the composer of Peter Grimes, Benjamin Britten. ■END■
ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK or Britain; accept England]
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