Violet / 24.05.2022

[gallery type="rectangular" columns="3" size="full" ids="18200,18201,18208,18207,18206,18202,18203,18221,18222,18223,18224,18225,18226,18227,18228"] Some new details on my upcoming opera, Violet, with writer Alice Birch, which is premiering at the Aldeburgh Festival on the 3 June. The wonderful cast and creative team for the project have been working hard in rehearsals in London, and have...

Violet / 30.03.2022

Some new details on my upcoming opera, Violet, with writer Alice Birch: I couldn't be more delighted with our cast and creative team for the project – our director is Jude Christian, working with designer Rosie Elnile and costume designer Cécile Trémolières. Andrew Gourlay will act as...

Violet / 09.10.2018

My first opera (title to be announced!), written with playwright Alice Birch, will be performed across the UK in summer and autumn 2020 – at the Aldeburgh Festival and at a number of venues on tour. It is a co-commission for Music Theatre Wales and Aldeburgh Festival. The story...

Violet / 21.04.2018

I've just spent four lovely days at Snape Maltings with a fantastic team of singers and players, rehearsing and showing around half an hour of the (as yet untitled) opera that playwright Alice Birch and I have been working on with the help of a Jerwood Opera Writing Fellowship. The...

Violet / 10.04.2018

An update on the opera that playwright Alice Birch and I have been working on with the help of a Jerwood Opera Writing Fellowship from Snape Maltings: We're spending some time in Snape in April rehearsing around 25 minutes of music from the (as yet untitled opera), with a fantastic team...

Violet / 27.04.2016

I have been awarded a Jerwood Opera Writing Fellowship from Aldeburgh Music to develop an opera with the wonderful playwright Alice Birch. Aldeburgh will provide support over the next two years as we develop our piece, including through bursaries, workshops, mentoring and showcases. I'm incredibly...