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Opera Productions
Spring 2022
Spring Opera Scenes
Rodula Gaitanou director
Peter Robinson music director
Laura Jane Stanfield designer
Eve Clayton lighting designer
Dan Light video designer
Monica Nicolaides movement and assistant director
Opera Double Bill: Miss Fortune by Judith Weir and The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Anna Reid designer
Anthony Doran lighting designer
Joseph Beesley assistant conductor
Rachel Wise assistant director/movement
See production photos (28 February & 4 March cast; 2 & 7 March cast)
Watch our behind the scenes film
Autumn 2021
Opera Double Bill: Le docteur Miracle by Georges Bizet & Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot, orchestrated by Amy Crankshaw
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Ashley Dean director
Cordelia Chisholm designer
Kevin Treacy lighting designer
Digory Price assistant conductor
Rachel Wise assistant director
Summer 2021
Opera Makers
Paradise Garden
Emily Hazrati composer
Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh librettist
Text
Michael Bascom composer
Clare Best librettist
The Watchmaker’s Daughter
Michał Kawecki composer
Mac Morris librettist
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Dominic Wheeler music director
Louie Whitemore designer
Finlay Anderson lighting designer
Victoria Newlyn movement
Eleanor Burke assistant director
Will Sharma assistant conductor
Beginnings: New and Early Opera
The Apothecary
Amy Crankshaw composer
Clare Best librettist
Judicium Salomonis
by Carissimi
Eintänzer
Aran O’Grady composer
Kaitlin Sullivan librettist
I’m Cleaning, I’m Cleaning
Ábel Esbenshade composer
Aubrey Lavender librettist
Orphée descendant aux enfers H.471
by Charpentier
Chad Kelly conductor
John Ramster director
Louis Carver designer
Jake Wiltshire lighting designer
Victoria Newlyn movement director
Toby Hession & Josh Ridley assistant conductors
Spring 2021
The Little Green Swallow
Music by Jonathan Dove
Libretto adapted from Carlo Gozzi
English singing translation by Adam Pollock
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Dick Bird designer
Rory Beaton lighting designer
Anna Reid associate designer
November 2020
Opera Triple Bill: Wolf-Ferrari Il segreto di Susanna (Susanna’s Secret), Mascagni Zanetto, Donizetti Rita (Two Men and a Woman) - see production photos
Stephen Medcalf director
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Cordelia Chisholm designer
Simon Corder lighting designer
July 2020
Virtual Opera Makers
John Ramster director
Tim Redmond music director
Louis Carver designer
Jack Weir lighting designer
Victoria Newlyn choreographer
The Apothecary
Clare Best writer
Amy Crankshaw composer
Eintänzer
Kaitlin Sullivan writer
Aran O’Grady composer
I’m Cleaning, I’m Cleaning
Aubrey Lavender writer
Ábel Esbenshade composer
June 2020
Virtual Opera Double Bill - Purcell Dido and Aeneas and Respighi La bella dormente nel bosco
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Olivia Fuchs director
takis designer
Jake Wiltshire lighting designer
Victoria Newlyn movement director
May Howard-Shigeno assistant director
Will Sharma & Josh Ridley assistant conductors and chorus masters
Liam Sayer & Rin Akiyama assistant lighting designers
February 2020
The Angel Esmeralda (world premiere)
Commissioned by Scottish Opera
Adapted from the short story by Don DeLillo
Music by Lliam Paterson (Former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Composer in Residence)
Libretto by Pamela Carter
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Gregor Donnelly designer
Robbie Butler lighting designer
Liam Strong video designer
November 2019
Haydn La Fedeltà Premiata
Alice Farnham conductor
Stephen Barlow director
Adrian Linford designer
David Howe lighting designer
Emily Coppola assistant director
Manon Fischer-Dieskau assistant conductor
Production Images

Opera Scenes - Spring 2022 (photo by Helen Murray)

Opera Scenes - Spring 2022 (photo by Helen Murray)

Opera Scenes - Spring 2022 (photo by Helen Murray)

The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti (photo by Helen Murray)

The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti (photo by Helen Murray)

Miss Fortune by Judith Weir (photo by Helen Murray)

Miss Fortune by Judith Weir (photo by Helen Murray)

Autumn Opera Scenes (photo by Helen Murray)

Autumn Opera Scenes (photo by Helen Murray)
Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot (photo by Helen Murray)
Cendrillon by Pauline Viardot (photo by Helen Murray)

Le docteur Miracle by Georges Bizet (photo by Helen Murray)
Le docteur Miracle by Georges Bizet (photo by Helen Murray)
Behind the Scenes Videos

Creating an Opera Double Bill at Guildhall

The Tale of Januarie - homegrown opera at Guildhall

Digital Opera Double Bill

Opera Triple Bill Autumn 2021 - Excerpt