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The Liverpool Oratorio

Paul McCartney and Carl Davis

Cincinnati Opera, 18 – 27 July

Slave – A Question of Freedom

Fegan, Feelgood Theatre Productions

The Lowry and UK tour, 9 October – 10 November

2024

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2023

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Blaze of Glory
David Hackbridge-Johnson, c., Stephen Higgins.  World Premiere (Welsh National Opera), nominated for the International Opera  Award and UK Theatre Award Best New Opera.

Image Credit: Kirsten McTernan

Image Credit:  Robbie McFadzean

Marilyn Forever

Gavin Bryars (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), c., William Cole. 

Image Credit:  Robbie McFadzean

The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
Michael Nyman (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

2022

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2021

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Song of Our Heartland

Will Todd, Holly Mathieson c., World Premiere, (Opera  North).
This was a site-specific filmed production due to Covid restrictions.

2020

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Image Credit:  Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Die Dreigroschenoper

Kurt Weill, Philip White c.

(Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)

2019

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Orfeo and Euridice

Gluck, Jonathon Swinard c., (Scottish Opera, Young Company).

Image Credit:  Julie Broadfoot

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Dead Man Walking
Jake Heggie, c., Jim Holmes, (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland),  UK staged premiere.

Image Credit:  Tim Marozzo

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​Dracula - The Blood Count of Heaton
Peter Clifford, world premiere (Feelgood Theatre Productions).  An immersive site-specific production

2018

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Image Credit:  Jane Hobson

Rhonnda Rips it Up
Lena Langer, c., Nicola Rose.  World Premiere, (Welsh National Opera).  Nominated for the Sky Arts South Bank Award and the International Opera Award 2019, Best New Opera.

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These Days - the Manchester Peace Song Cycle

Nicola LeFanu, Ailis Ni Riain, Anna Appleby, Dr Emily Howard, Evangeline Mason, Carmel Smickersgill, Freya Ireland, Lucy Hale, Thomas Hopkinson, c.  World Premiere, (Feelgood Theatre Productions), an immersive site-specific production.

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Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare, Thomas Hopkinson, md. (Feelgood Theatre Productions)

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Image Credit:  Robbie McFadzean

Double Bill.  Sāvitri, (Holst) - The Emperor of Atlantis, (Viktor Ullmann), Lionel Friend, c. (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland).

2017

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House of the Dead, Janáček

(revival director), Tomáš Hanus c., (Welsh National Opera), Janáček Festival, Brno.

2016

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Whispers of Heaton  

The Unknown Bugler by Peter Kerry, The Fight, by Lindsay Williams/Cathy Crabb and Spilled Ink, by Tangled Dance Company. Music by Ailis Ni Riain and Craig Frangleton.  World Premiere (Feelgood Theatre Productions) site-specific immersive production.

2015

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Tokaido Road, Nicola LeFanu, Dominic Wheeler c., World Premiere

(Goldfield Productions).

Rigoletto, Verdi, Gad Kadosh c.

(Longborough Festival Opera)

2014

Lulu, Berg,

(revival director), Anthony Negus, c., (Teatro Communale, Bolzano)

2013

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Lulu, Berg, (movement director/associate director), d. David Pountney,

Lothar Koenigs, c., Welsh National Opera

2000 - 2011

Aida, Verdi, (Companions Opera, Holland) stadium production, Zurich

 

Carmen, Bizet, (Companions Opera, Holland) stadium production, Hamburg

 

Il Campenello di Notte, Donizetti, Buxton International Festival, winner of Best Opera, MEN Award Best Opera

Dame Janet Baker, Kiri te Kanawa, Willard White and Montserrat Caballe staged galas (Hallé Orchestra), Bridgewater Hall

 

Burning Waters, Russell Keable, World Premiere, Buxton International Festival  

 

Mis Bach Du, John Hardy, Welsh National Opera (community opera)

 

Something Wonderful, (Opera North/ENO)

 

Look No Hands, Errollyn Wallen, (Mecklenburgh Opera), World Premiere, Battersea Arts Centre, BAC Festival

 

Barber of Seville, Rossini, (Civit Hills), Opera

 

Conference of the Birds, (Opera Circus), Portugal

 

The Silly Little Mouse, Shostakovich, UK premiere, (Hallé Orchestra), Bridgwater Hall

 

Founded Bramhall Arts Festival, (1999) La Boheme, Puccini, outdoor immersive production

 

La Boheme, La Tour Festival, France

 

Brundibar,   Hans Krása, Ed Gardner,  c., Imperial War Museum North

 

Down By the Greenwood Side, Birtwistle, Royal Northern College of Music, and Los Angeles, winner of MEN award Best Opera

 

From the Hart, David Kern, World Premier, New End Theatre London

Aesop's Fables, Rodney Dunk, c., World Premiere, Manchester Camerata, The Bridgewater Hall opening

Dawnpath, Nicola Lefanu, Clark Rundell, c., Royal Northern College of Music

2008 - 2018

As Director of Youth Perform, a conservatoire group at the Royal Northern college of Music: Singing in the Rain, Threepenny Opera, Guys and Dolls, Singing in the Rain, Kiss Me Kate, Cabaret, Little Shop of Horrors and The Wiz

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