The Opera Group
The Shops. Photo by Alastair Muir
Forthcoming Productions
THE ENCHANTED PIG
A coproduction between The Opera Group, ROH2 and Young Vic
Music by Jonathan Dove
Words by Alasdair Middleton
THE LION’S FACE
The Opera Group production, co-produced with Brighton Dome & Festival and Watford Palace Theatre
Composer Elena Langer
Librettist Glyn Maxwell
INTO THE LITTLE HILL - RECITAL 1
presented by The Opera Group/Aldeburgh Music/London Sinfonietta/ROH2
Into the Little Hill
music by George Benjamin
text by Martin Crimp
Recital I (For Cathy)
music Luciano Berio
text Luciano Berio, Andrea Mosetti and Edoardo Sanguineti
Previous Productions
INTO THE LITTLE HILL - DOWN BY THE GREENWOOD SIDE
The Opera Group, London Sinfonietta and ROH2
Into The Little Hill
Music by George Benjamin, Libretto by Martin Crimp
Down By The Greenwood Side
Music by Harrison Birtwistle, Text by Michael Nyman
VARJAK PAW
One Small Cat, One Big City
music Julian Philips
lyrics Kit Hesketh-Harvey
based on the best-selling books by SF Said
STREET SCENE
The Opera Group, Young Vicand Watford Palace Theatre co-production
Music Kurt Weill
Book Elmer Rice
Lyrics Langston Hughes
The Singing Shop
Two mini-operas on the subject of shopping
Commissioned by Selfridges
The Enchanted Pig (2006)
A Young Vic & The Opera Group co-production
Music by Jonathan Dove
Words by Alasdair Middleton
Blond Eckbert & Other Stories
Welcome to the magical forest of tales and riddles in which animals can sing, the commonplace becomes mystifying and the past always returns to haunt you.
The Nose
Kovalyov wakes up one morning with no nose… It has taken on a life of its own and has gone for a stroll around the city.
The Birds
A new opera after Aristophanes by Ed Hughes and Glyn Maxwell. A collaboration with vocal ensemble I Fagiolini
Birds. Barks. Bones.
Edward Rushton and Dagny Gioulami’s re-working of events from the Odyssey won the British Composer Award for Best Stagework.
Trouble in Tahiti/Mahagonny Songspiel
Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein alongside a new work by Tim Coker.
The Young Man with the Carnation
In association with Almeida Opera
The premiere of Edward Rushton and Tom Smith’s first opera.
The Martyrdom of St Magnus
Peter Maxwell Davies’ music theatre piece exploring martyrdom and political killing.