L'Aurore Boréale's production of Violet, my opera written with writer Alice Birch, is getting another performance at Paris' Théâtre de l'Atelier on 25 June. The director is Jacques Osinski, and Bianca Chillemi conducts Ensemble Maja. The cast is: Juliette Allen (soprano – Violet), Olivier Gourdy (baritone...
Violet has been nominated for an Ivors Classical Award for Best Stage Work. With text by Alice Birch and directed by Jude Christian, it opened the 2022 Aldeburgh Festival and toured the UK, before having further lives in productions in Ulm, Germany and in Paris. It...
L'Aurore Boréale's production of Violet, my opera written with writer Alice Birch, is getting three performances at Paris' Festival Bruit next week (23-25 June) at Theâtre de l’Aquarium. The production was first shown at École Normale Supérieure Paris Saclay, directed by Jacques Osinski with Bianca...
I have been awarded the Critics' Circle Award for Young Composer for 2022. Their citation read: Tom Coult is a storyteller in sound with an ear that makes good on the promise of his titles: I Find Planets, for example, Beautiful Caged Thing and Inventions (for Heath Robinson). All the same,...
Violet, my opera with Alice Birch, was given its French premiere last month by the L'Aurore Boréale company with three dates at ENS Paris-Saclay, in a production by Jacques Osinski. They're doing three dates in June at Paris' Theâtre de l'Aquarium, but before that, here are...
Violet, my opera with Alice Birch, is being featured in a show of contemporary opera scenes by the National Opera Studio in Leeds and London, directed by Olivia Fuchs. Sarah Seunghwa Chae (as Violet) & Laura Fleur (as Laura) will sing Day 20, one of the...
Violet, my opera written with writer Alice Birch, is receiving its French premiere in Paris on 19 April, in what will be its third production, directed by Jacques Osinski, with the L'Aurore Boréale company. Bianca Chillemi will conduct Ensemble Maja. The cast is: Juliette Allen (soprano...
Violet, my opera with Alice Birch, was given its German premiere on Friday at Theater Ulm, in a fantastic production by Rahel Thiel – here are some photos… Designs by Maike Häber, lighting by Marcus Denk & Johannes Grebing. Soprano Maria Rosendorfsky as Violet, baritone Martin...
Violet, my opera written with writer Alice Birch which premiered in the UK earlier this year, is receiving its German premiere in a second production, at Theater Ulm, Germany. It is being directed by Rahel Thiel with designs by Maike Häber. Soprano Maria Rosendorfsky will take...
Violet, my opera with Alice Birch, was premiered last Friday to open the Aldeburgh Festival, directed by Jude Christian – cast, creative team and technical team did such a beautiful job, and I've been blown away by the response. Below are a few extracts from...