Listen to Tippett's THE MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE at the Royal Opera Hall

Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett's answer to Mozart's The Magic Flute, an opera rich in symbolism and psychology, trials and transformations. Paul Groves and Erin Wall are Mark and Jenifer, Ailish Tynan and Allan Clayton, Bella and Jack, two couples tested by a series of supernatural interventions on the shortest night of the year.

One of today's leading Tippett exponents, Sir Andrew Davis conducts the centrepiece of this summer's Proms focus on Tippett's music alongside Britten's centenary.

Check out a first listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038l5gs

Tippett
The Midsummer Marriage 160'
(concert performance)

Paul Groves Mark
Erin Wall Jenifer
David Wilson-Johnson King Fisher
Ailish Tynan Bella
Allan Clayton Jack
Catherine Wyn-Rogers Sosostris
David Soar He-Ancient
Madeleine Shaw She-Ancient

BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor

There will be two intervals of 20 minutes

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