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Premiere. 27 January 1955. ( 1955-01-27) Covent Garden, London. The Midsummer Marriage is an opera in three acts, with music and libretto by Michael Tippett. The work's first performance was at Covent Garden, on 27 January 1955, conducted by John Pritchard. The reception of the opera was controversial, over confusion as to the libretto and ...
Sep 26, 2021 · Sun 26 Sep 2021 09.10 EDT. Edward Gardner chose Tippett for his opening concert as the London Philharmonic Orchestra ’s principal conductor, with a performance of The Midsummer Marriage,...
Sep 23, 2021 · Jailed for being a conscientious objector, Tippett came up with his opera The Midsummer Marriage, an expression of hope and reconciliation that resonates louder than ever
Powered by hope and glowing with an irrepressible life-force, Tippett’s The Midsummer Marriage burst like a huge, colourful blossom into the grey world of postwar British music. There’s still nothing quite like it, and it’s all told in some of the most deliriously beautiful music ever written in these isles.
Sep 26, 2021 · The Midsummer Marriage, LPO, Gardner, RFH review – Tippett’s cornucopia shines in fits and starts The central act is pure genius, but undramatic flaws glare in a naked concert performance by David Nice Sunday, 26 September 2021
Aug 18, 2013 · Vocally, chorally and orchestrally, Tippett's first opera is one of the great achievements of its period in British music, writes George Hall