The Opera Group
The Shops. Photo by Alastair Muir
Forthcoming Productions
THE HUMAN COMEDY
co-produced by Young Vic, The Opera Group with Watford Palace Theatre
Music by Galt MacDermot
Book by William Dumaresq
From an original story by William Saroyan
INTO THE LITTLE HILL - RECITAL 1
co-produced by The Opera Group/Aldeburgh Music/London Sinfonietta/ROH2
Into the Little Hill
music by George Benjamin
words by Martin Crimp
Recital I (For Cathy)
music by Luciano Berio
words by Luciano Berio, Andrea Mosetti and Edoardo Sanguineti
SEVEN ANGELS
The Opera Group and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group production, co-produced with ROH2 and Tramway
Music by Luke Bedford
Words by Glyn Maxwell
Previous Productions
THE LION’S FACE
The Opera Group production, co-produced with Brighton Dome & Festival and Watford Palace Theatre
music by Elena Langer
words by Glyn Maxwell
THE ENCHANTED PIG
co-produced by The Opera Group, ROH2 and Young Vic
Music by Jonathan Dove
Words by Alasdair Middleton
INTO THE LITTLE HILL - DOWN BY THE GREENWOOD SIDE
co-produced by The Opera Group, London Sinfonietta and ROH2
Into The Little Hill
Music by George Benjamin
Words by Martin Crimp
Down By The Greenwood Side
Music by Harrison Birtwistle
Words by Michael Nyman
VARJAK PAW
produced by The Opera Group
music by Julian Philips
words by Kit Hesketh-Harvey
STREET SCENE
co-produced by The Opera Group, Young Vic and Watford Palace Theatre
Music by Kurt Weill
Book by Elmer Rice
Lyrics by Langston Hughes
THE SINGING SHOP
co-produced by The Opera Group and Selfridges.
Out of the Ordinary
Music David Bruce
Libretto Alastair Middleton
All that Money can Buy
Music Laura Bowler
Libretto Alastair Middleton
THE ENCHANTED PIG (2006)
Co-produced by Young Vic & The Opera Group
Music by Jonathan Dove
Words by Alasdair Middleton
BLOND ECKBERT & OTHER STORIES
produced by The Opera Group
Really?
Music and words by Judith Weir
Small Tales, Tall Tales
music and words by Kenneth Hesketh
Blond Eckbert
Music and words by Judith Weir
THE NOSE
Coproduced by The Opera Group, Haymarket Basingstoke and ROH2
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
Words by Yevgeni Zamyatin, Georgi Ionin, Alexander Preis and Dmitri Shostakovich, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol
THE BIRDS
co-produced by The Opera Group and I Fagiolini
music by Ed Hughes
words by Glyn Maxwell
after Aristophanes
BIRDS. BARKS. BONES.
Produced by The Opera Group
Music by Edward Rushton
Words by Dagny Gioulami
AMERICAN OPERA
produced by The Opera Group
Mahagonny Sonspiel
music by Kurt Weill
words by Bertolt Brecht
Trouble in Tahiti
by Leonard Bernstein
Walking Not Driving
by Tim Coker
CANDIDE
produced by The Opera Group
music by Leonard Bernstein
adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler & Richard Wilbur. New version by John Caird.
