Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	16th August 2013
To	16th August 2013
When	18:30
Prices	From £9.50. To £46.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Production Changes

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Date of change: 1 May 13 - T628986725

Prom 45 - Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage

Work:: Prom 45 (S5976)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage (T628986725)

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. There will be two intervals of 20 minutes. Finish time: 22:10

Performer	Paul Groves (tenor - Mark)
Performer	Erin Wall (soprano - Jenifer)
Performer	Peter Sidhorn (baritone - King Fisher)
Performer	Ailish Tynan (soprano - Bella)
Performer	allan Clayton (tenor - Jack)
Performer	Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano - Sosostris)
Performer	David Soar (bass - He-Ancient)
Performer	Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano - She-Ancient)
Company	BBC Singers
Company	BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Andrew Davis (Sir)

Listing:: L1634059124

Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage

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. There will be two intervals of 20 minutes. Finish time: 22:10

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