New Year by Tippett with Birmingham Opera Company
Filmed in July 2024.
Nominated for a 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Opera and Music Theatre Award.’
Press
“A major operatic re-discovery”
Richard Bratby, The Spectator
**** “Operatic life would be much duller without the music of Michael Tippett and the work of Birmingham Opera Company. In this show the two bring out the best in each other.”
Neil Fisher, The Times
Artistic Team
DIRECTOR – Keith Warner
CONDUCTOR – Alpesh Chauhan OBE
DESIGNER – Nicky Shaw
CHOREOGRAPHER – Simone Sandroni
LIGHTING DESIGNER – John Bishop
DRAMATURG – Ty’rone Haughton
Cast
JO ANN – Francesca Chiejina
DONNY – Sakiwe Mkosana
NAN – Sarah Pring
REGAN – Samantha Crawford
MERLIN – Lucia Lucas
PELEGRIN – Joshua Stewart
PRESENTERS – Grace Durham, Oskar McCarthy
Accompanied by the CBSO
Birmingham Opera Company Chorus and Actors
