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The Midsummer Marriage

BBC Radio 3
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Opera in three acts Music by Michael Tippett
Libretto by the composer (gramophone records)
CHORUS and ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN conducted by COLIN DAVIS
The scene is set in a clearing in a wood. Time: the present
Act 1 Morning
2.50* During the Interval
Sir Michael Tippett discusses his attitude to dramatic composition with HAROLD ROSENTHAL.
3.101 The Midsummer Marriage
Act 2 Afternoon

Contributors

Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Unknown:
Sir Michael Tippett
Unknown:
Harold Rosenthal.
Source: Radio Times

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