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The Shops. Photo by Alastair Muir

Forthcoming Productions

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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

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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

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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

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Previous Productions

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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

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THE ENCHANTED PIG

co-produced by The Opera Group, ROH2 and Young Vic

Music by Jonathan Dove
Words by Alasdair Middleton

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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

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VARJAK PAW

produced by The Opera Group

music by Julian Philips
words by Kit Hesketh-Harvey

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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

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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

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THE SHOPS

produced by The Opera Group

Music by Edward Rushton
Words by Dagny Gioulami

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THE ENCHANTED PIG (2006)

Co-produced by Young Vic & The Opera Group

Music by Jonathan Dove
Words by Alasdair Middleton

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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

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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

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THE BIRDS

co-produced by The Opera Group and I Fagiolini

music by Ed Hughes
words by Glyn Maxwell
after Aristophanes

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BIRDS. BARKS. BONES.

Produced by The Opera Group

Music by Edward Rushton
Words by Dagny Gioulami

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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

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CANDIDE

produced by The Opera Group

music by Leonard Bernstein
adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler & Richard Wilbur. New version by John Caird.

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THE THREEPENNY OPERA

Kurt Weill’s angry reworking of The Beggars Opera.

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