In 1955 Michael Tippett introduced his first opera The Midsummer Marriage to a grey, post-war society desperate for some joy and optimism. It has divided the critics, with detractors pointing to the ...
After all the smoke and lighting of the LPO’s online series, there’s barely a hint of theatricality in this plain concert performance, with the only concession to lighting the constant red on the ...
CHICAGO (AP) -- "I was not born for all these mysteries," laments soprano Stacey Tappan, as Bella the secretary, about halfway through Sir Michael Tippett's "The Midsummer Marriage," which had its ...