Topic: Michael Tippett

Music-making at Morley

Spectator, The London - 1198 days ago
I am devoted to Morley; it's the most wonderful place, buzzing with activity at all hours of the day, joyful proof that adult education is alive and not just kicking but also painting, jiving, singing, playing musical instruments, learning numerous different ...

The more the better

Spectator, The London - 1198 days ago
OperaThe more the betterThe Knot GardenBarbicanIt seems a strange way to celebrate the centenary of Michael Tippett's birth, as many people have remarked, to have multiple productions of his third opera The Knot Garden, while neglecting the more approachable first two ...

Listen and learn

Spectator, The London - 1198 days ago
The Midsummer Marriage Royal Opera House Il diluvio universale Drury Lane Michael Tippett's first opera The Midsummer Marriage is so great that one can afford to admit that it isn't perfect. Instead of which, when it was first performed half ...

A reputation still in the balance

Spectator, The London - 1198 days ago
SELECTED LETTERS OF MICHAEL TIPPETT edited and transcribed by Thomas Schuttenhelm Faber, Perverse though it may sound, Tippett's centenary has come upon us too soon. It wasn't the case with Tippett's prickly friend, rival and sometime correspondent, Benjamin Britten ...

Courageous Tippett

Spectator, The London - 1198 days ago
OperaCourageous TippettThe Knot GardenScottish OperaA Child of Our TimeEnglish National OperaMichael Tippett's centenary year is being celebrated chiefly, so far as one can see yet, by productions of his third opera, The Knot Garden. Tippett made things as difficult as possible ...