Twenty Minutes

Tippett as Librettist

Wednesday 9 March 2005 20:20-20:40 (Radio 3)

Unusually for a composer, Michael Tippett wrote his own libretti for his operas and other works. Richard Elfyn Jones, who met Tippett on several occasions, discusses some of the ideas behind Tippett's material.

Duration:

20 minutes

Twenty Minutes

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