The Ice Break is an opera by Michael Tippett, to an original English libretto by the composer. It was first produced at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on July 7, 1977, conducted by Colin Davis (its dedicatee). Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, O.M. (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Sir Colin Rex Davis (born September 25, 1927) is a noted British conductor. ...
A German translation was performed in Kiel the following year, and the Boston Opera Company mounted the work in May 1979 under the direction of Sarah Caldwell, the first professional production of a Tippett opera in the USA. It was revived at Covent Garden the same year, but was not thereafter seen until a 1990 concert production at the Henry Wood Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in 1990. A recording was made with the 1990 cast. Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ... Sarah Caldwell, (born 6 March 1924, died 23 March 2006), was a notable American opera conductor and opera company director. ... Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ...
The composer has said that the subject of the opera is "whether or not we can be reborn from the stereotypes we live in."
Long liberty periods had been granted to compensate for the weeks we had been deployed and ice probes to prepare for the opening of Buffalo Harbor in the Spring were still a couple of months away.
Spring arrived and OJIBWA began ice probes to ascertain the composition of the ice fields at the Buffalo end of Lake Erie.
Unbeknownst to us, her CO had passed the word for all hands to "watch the horsepower of this tug." Accordingly, a good percentage of her crew was on deck as we approached.
These ships breakice by using their momentum and power to push the bow up on the ice.
The weight of the ship causes the ice to be pushed down which in turn causes the ice to split and break off in chunks.
They are also uncomfortable to travel in when breaking through continuous thick ice due to constant motion, noise, and vibration caused by banging against the ice.
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