Summary

A rare chance for audiences to see a staged production of Birtwistle’s 1988 opera Yan Tan Tethera – only the second performance since its premiere. Described by Birtwistle as a Mechanical Pastoral, this seminal work, with a magical libretto by poet Tony Harrison, is a supernatural tale of two shepherds, their sheep and the devil. A superb line-up of soloists are directed by John Lloyd Davies and conductor Baldur Bronniman.