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Premiere. 15 April 2008. ( 2008-04-15) Royal Opera House, London. The Minotaur is an opera in two acts, with 13 scenes by English composer Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by poet David Harsent, commissioned by the Royal Opera House in London. The work, a retelling of the Greek myth of the Minotaur, premiered at the Royal Opera House on 15 ...
- English
- David Harsent
- Minotaur
- 15 April 2008, Royal Opera House, London
Apr 30, 2024 · Harrison Birtwistle, British composer who began as a clarinetist and shifted to composition in his 20s. He was part of a generation of performers and composers known as the ‘Manchester School,’ who, being from northern England, were unconstrained by London tradition and thus fully adopted modernism.
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Jan 18, 2013 · This stylish revival of Harrison Birtwistle's gruesome masterpiece confirms its extraordinary power, writes Erica Jeal
Sir Harrison Birtwistle CH (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. [1] [2] Among his many compositions , his better known works include The Triumph of Time (1972) and the operas The Mask of Orpheus (1986), Gawain (1991), and The ...
- 15 July 1934, Accrington, England
- Contemporary
- 18 April 2022 (aged 87), Mere, Wiltshire, England
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The Royal Opera – Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur. Birtwistle. The Minotaur – Opera in two parts to a libretto by David Harsent [sung in English with English surtitles] Ariadne – Christine Rice. First Innocent – Susana Gaspar. Second Innocent – Nadine Livingston. Third Innocent – Justina Gringyte.
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