“It’s like Britain’s Got Talent, except all the performers are talented and… there’s no Jedward. Hmmm. Jedward: The Opera, now there’s an idea!” That was how composer – and our compere for the evening – Orlando Gough chose to introduce the first Exposure evening, featuring snapshots of operas in development, which was held last night …
Tomorrow night is the first night of the Royal Opera House’s Exposure show, featuring two alternating programmes of ‘opera snapshots’. I’m very excited because a piece I worked on (as librettist) is included in the programme. An extract of Cocteau in the Underworld, composed by Ed Hughes, will be performed on Wednesday and Friday nights. …
Exposure is a programme of semi-staged performances of works currently in development with ROH2. I’m very excited to announce that Cocteau in the Underworld, the opera I’ve written with the composer Ed Hughes, will be included in the next Exposure evenings. (If you’re wondering, I wrote the words!) Basically, a ten minute extract …
I’ve just bought what appeared to be the last available ticket for Thursday night’s performance of The Gambler at the Royal Opera House. It’s an opera by Prokofiev based on the novel by Dostoevsky. I’m very excited. Here’s the synopsis: Everything can turn on the spin of the wheel… Prokofiev’s opera is packed with action …