Gawain de Harrison Birtwistle : un opéra (extra-) national ? by Jean-Philippe Heberlé

“…The most obvious national features are to be found in the subject of the opera based on the famous English medieval epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. They are also displayed in the references to Shakespeare, to other British composers (Michael Tippett and Henry Purcell for instance) and to typical English musical or musico-dramatic forms such as the masque. …”
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