The French poet and novelist Raymond Radiguet died today 90 years ago. The character of ‘The Loved One’ in When the Flame Dies is based on Radiguet, so to commemorate his death, here’s the moment in our opera when he comes back to life. The singer is counter tenor Andrew Radley.
My new novel, The Dark Palace, will be published next January. To celebrate, I’ll be having a book launch at Goldsboro Books, 23 – 25 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4EZ on Thursday, January 30th, from 6.30 – 8.30. All welcome!
Where do you get your ideas from? I find most of them in a tin box under the floorboards. I heard something rattling one day, pulled up the floorboard and there it was. The ideas for my first 5 novels were inside, scrabbling around, trying to get out. I released them and put the box …
I read the proofs to A DARK PALACE on Sunday. Managed to do it in virtually one setting. I have such a bad memory that at times I forgot what was coming next. Reading it in the book typeface also helps to add a bit of distance. At times, I even forgot I wrote it …
I’ve never had a CD release before, let alone a simultaneous CD and DVD release. Both discs are in the same case, so you don’t have to choose. You can have them both. When The Flame Dies is an opera inspired by the life and work of the French poet, playwright, artist, filmmaker and opium …
When The Flame Dies, released on CD and DVD today! Read More »