1977 in British Music - Opera

Opera

  • William Alwyn - Miss Julie
  • Peter Maxwell Davies – The Martyrdom of St Magnus (premièred 18 June at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall)
  • Thea Musgrave – Mary, Queen of Scots
  • Michael Tippett – The Ice Break (premièred 7 July at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)

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