English Touring Opera visits The Bike Shed Theatre for the first time to bring to life the remarkable words of one of America’s greatest poets, Emily Dickinson. Famous for his unique blend of jazz harmonies and folk tunes, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Copland (Of Mice and Men, Appalachian Spring) interpets Dickinson’s words in his song cycle Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Composed in 1950 before Dickinson became a household name, these songs for voice and piano echo Dickinson’s concise yet lyric language and include some of her most famous poems, such as “Heart, We Will...
