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Priam spares the infant Paris despite a prophecy, and years later welcomes him back to Troy. Paris chooses Helen, helping bring war to the city. During the siege, Hector kills Patroclus, and Achilles returns to battle. After Hector’s death, Priam asks Achilles for his son’s body and receives it. Troy falls; Priam stays behind as his family leaves, and Achilles’ son kills him.
Jo Ann, a child psychologist, is too afraid to leave home to help young victims of violence in Terror Town. Visitors from the future arrive by spaceship, bringing Jo Ann together with the pilot Pelegrin. After she saves her foster brother Donny from a violent New Year’s crowd, Jo Ann overcomes her fear and returns to the outside world.
A ballad opera based on the Robin Hood legend, composed for performances at North Yorkshire work camps during the Great Depression. The libretto reflected Michael Tippett’s socialist views and the difficulties faced by unemployed miners.
Russian dissident Lev arrives in the West after twenty years in prison and reunites with his wife Nadia and their son Yuri, who feels distant from him. Conflict between black and white crowds erupts into a riot, killing Olympion and Gayle and leaving Yuri gravely injured. After Yuri recovers in hospital, he stands and embraces his father.
Mangus, a psychoanalyst, introduces a group of characters whose relationships and desires shift through a dreamlike maze. Thea and Faber are confronted with the behavior of their ward Flora and the arrival of Thea’s sister Denise, recently tortured. Mel and Dov’s affair begins to end. In the final act, Mangus stages The Tempest with the group; Mel and Denise leave together, Dov follows, Flora departs alone, and Thea and Faber reconcile.
Jenifer and Mark, and the ordinary couple Bella and Jack, undergo contrasting paths toward marriage in a woodland temple. Jenifer and Mark separate to explore spiritual and earthly experience, while Jack and Bella affirm their love. Jenifer’s father King Fisher tries to uncover her whereabouts, but the revelation of the transformed couple causes his heart to fail. A ritual concludes with Mark and Jenifer reappearing in wedding clothes at dawn.
Priam spares the infant Paris despite a prophecy, and years later welcomes him back to Troy. Paris chooses Helen, helping bring war to the city. During the siege, Hector kills Patroclus, and Achilles returns to battle. After Hector’s death, Priam asks Achilles for his son’s body and receives it. Troy falls; Priam stays behind as his family leaves, and Achilles’ son kills him.
Jo Ann, a child psychologist, is too afraid to leave home to help young victims of violence in Terror Town. Visitors from the future arrive by spaceship, bringing Jo Ann together with the pilot Pelegrin. After she saves her foster brother Donny from a violent New Year’s crowd, Jo Ann overcomes her fear and returns to the outside world.
A ballad opera based on the Robin Hood legend, composed for performances at North Yorkshire work camps during the Great Depression. The libretto reflected Michael Tippett’s socialist views and the difficulties faced by unemployed miners.
Russian dissident Lev arrives in the West after twenty years in prison and reunites with his wife Nadia and their son Yuri, who feels distant from him. Conflict between black and white crowds erupts into a riot, killing Olympion and Gayle and leaving Yuri gravely injured. After Yuri recovers in hospital, he stands and embraces his father.
Mangus, a psychoanalyst, introduces a group of characters whose relationships and desires shift through a dreamlike maze. Thea and Faber are confronted with the behavior of their ward Flora and the arrival of Thea’s sister Denise, recently tortured. Mel and Dov’s affair begins to end. In the final act, Mangus stages The Tempest with the group; Mel and Denise leave together, Dov follows, Flora departs alone, and Thea and Faber reconcile.
Jenifer and Mark, and the ordinary couple Bella and Jack, undergo contrasting paths toward marriage in a woodland temple. Jenifer and Mark separate to explore spiritual and earthly experience, while Jack and Bella affirm their love. Jenifer’s father King Fisher tries to uncover her whereabouts, but the revelation of the transformed couple causes his heart to fail. A ritual concludes with Mark and Jenifer reappearing in wedding clothes at dawn.