2007 – Blind Date premiered on November 12th at Riverside Studios where it will ran for five performances before being toured to Birmingham, Newbury, Cambridge, Manchester and Bath.

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2007 – Tête A Tête – The Opera Festival ran for 3 weeks during August at Riverside Studios, London, showcasing a wide range of performances in various states of development. The emphasis was on presenting the newest and freshest works to audiences who were then encouraged to provide their feedback and take an active role in the development of such pieces. There were over 30 different performances ranging from Opera to Salsa and providing an opportunity for rising talent to perform their works alongside established composers and performers.

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2006 – Odysseus Unwound (formally A Shetland Odyssey) the full production opened in London at the beautifully derelict Alexandra Palace and toured to Stavanger Norway then throughout England  finishing on the Shetland Islands .The production was accompanied by a extensive education programme led by Chroma. The touring company of over 25 included 5 of the Shetland Islands leading knitters and spinners, and both the concept and production reinvigorated the debate about new opera and received critical acclaim and praise.

“plenty to admire” The Times 2006

“ The performance was excellent” The Guardian 2006

2006 – Push!  winner of the 2nd Genesis Opera Project  was composed by David Bruce with a libretto by Anna Reynolds and focused on 6 womens stories of giving births. It toured nationally and received unanimously rave reviews.
“A remarkable work: wise, sympathetic and frequently hilarious” Anna Picard, Independent on Sunday 2006

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2002 – The Canticles (a co-production with Streetwise opera) was a major community project, based around workshops in five London homeless shelters, and involving many homeless participants in the final performances at Westminster Abbey, creating a uniquely moving performance and extending opera to a previously wholly overlooked community.

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2002 – Six-Pack (a co-production with the ENO Studio of six commissioned operas) played to a capacity audience for 13 performances at the Bridewell Theatre, London, before a national tour of 11 performances in eight venues, supported by a series of educational workshops.  The production played to double the audience for shorts, both in London and on tour.  Furthermore, 10% of the audience in London, and 20% of the audience on tour had never been to any kind of opera performance before.  The audience response was uninhibitedly positive.

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2000 – Orlando Plays Mad (Orlando Finto Pazzo by Antonio Vivaldi) attracted international interest, being the first performance since 1714 of Vivaldi’s opera, in a specially commissioned edition and translation.  Presented in a very radical way, working the story of the discovery of the piece into the staging, it was a uniquely accessible introduction into the world of baroque opera.

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1999-2001 – Shorts (an evening of five commissioned operas and entr’actes) played again to great acclaim and packed houses at BAC Opera 99.  The production went on to be reworked in 2000 at the English National Opera Studio, and then performed for a run of 10 performances at the Bridewell Theatre in London, in 2001, followed by a national tour of 9 performances in six venues the following Autumn.

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