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FULL Yan Tan Tethera (Birtwistle) TV-Movie England 1986 Ebrahim Charnock Suart
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Yan Tan Tethera - A Mechanical Pastoral
- Composer: Birtwistle Harrison
- Libretto: Tony Harrison
- Venue & Opera Company: Limehouse Studios, England
- Recorded: 1986
- Type: Movie
- Singers: Omar Ebrahim, Helen Charnock, Richard Suart, Philip Doghan, Tom McDonnell
- Conductor: Elgar Howarth
- Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
- Stage Director: David Freeman
- Stage Designer: David Roger
- Costume Designer:
- Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford
Information about the Recording
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Yan Tan Tethera is a chamber opera (subtitled A Mechanical Pastoral) by the English composer Harrison Birtwistle with a libretto by the poet Tony Harrison, based on a supernatural folk tale about two shepherds, their sheep, and the Devil. It was first performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 7 August 1986. The title comes from a traditional way of counting sheep.
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