Richard Bratby

A major operatic rediscovery: Birmingham Opera Company’s New Year reviewed

Michael Tippett's much maligned work offers psychedelic sunbursts of precision-targeted beauty and truth

Samantha Crawford as Regan and Lucia Lucas as Merlin in Birmingham Opera Company's new production of Michael Tippett's extraordinary opera New Year. Image: Adam Fradgley 
issue 20 July 2024
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