Very excited to receive a copy of the CD/DVD of When the Flame Dies. So excited I can’t write in proper sentences any more. Not sure when it comes out officially yet. Later this year some time. Still too excited to manage a proper sentence. Either that or I’m being a bit lazy.
I’ve been busy. First there was the opera When The Flame Dies, which was performed brilliantly and to an enthusiastic reception on Wednesday night in Canterbury. As the librettist, I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the performance. I thought it came across tremendously well. So well done …
After years of planning and hoping, with many frustrations along the way, Cocteau in the Underworld – the opera composed by Ed Hughes with a libretto by me – received its first full-length performance this weekend in two sold out performances, as part of the Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre. Many thanks to our …
cocteau in the underworld trailer from william reynolds on Vimeo. William Reynolds, designer and video maker for the forthcoming Grimeborn Festival production of Cocteau in the Underworld, has put together a fabulous trailer for the opera which is now available for viewing on vimeo. For anyone who’s interested in knowing a bit more about CITU, …
I’m told that tickets are now on sale for the 2010 Grimeborn Opera Festival, which will feature an opera that I worked on as librettist. The piece is COCTEAU IN THE UNDERWORLD, composed by Ed Hughes, and it’s being shown as part of a double bill with Philip Glass‘s opera version of Cocteau’s LES ENFANTS …