Only Connect - Barbara Hepworth <> Sir Michael Tippett

How are these sitters connected?

 Barbara Hepworth by Dame Barbara Hepworth 1950 NPG 5919

Sir Michael Kemp Tippett by Martin Rose 1989 NPG 6043

The connection
Barbara Hepworth designed the sets and costumes for the Covent Garden premiere of Michael Tippett’s 1954 opera The Midsummer Marriage.

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