The Rake’s Progress

The Rake’s Progress The Rake’s ProgressStravinsky  Opera DirectionScenography and film / video co-designChoreography, Kate BrownScenography and film / video co-design, Pippa NissenCostume, Tania Spooner Staatsoper Hannover Created in 2001-2 Clip from film...

Mozart Lovers

Mozart Lovers Mozart LoversOpera on TVFour x 3 minute films, adapting the quartet from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (W A Mozart)Direction, screenplayConductor – Paul MgGrathCostume – Tania Spooner Director of Photography – Jeremy HewsonProducer...

A – Z

A – Z Media Theatre piece for children built around orchestral performances, programmed by John Woolrich, with works by Andriessen, Xenakis,     Gerald Barry, Messiaen, Woolrich, Davies, and Zappa Repertoire and thematic programming by John Woolrich Birmingham...

Elephant and Castle

Elephant and Castle Elephant and CastleOpera.  Site-specific, multi-location Tim Hopkins (concept, devising and direction)Pippa Nissen (design, film, architectural concept)Tansy Davies, Mira Calix (composers)Blake Morrison (Libretto) A new opera about the Elephant and...

Owen Wingrave

Owen Wingrave Owen WingraveBritten. OperaDirection, scenic design, video design Costume, Gideon DaveyLighting, Wolfgang Goebbel The Royal Opera Created in 2007-8Proposed online version Photo credit: Bill Cooper / ArenaPAL Comment in Opera and Video, Townsend, C, Art...

Give Me Your Blessing, for I Go to a Foreign Land

Give Me Your Blessing, for I Go to a Foreign Land Give Me Your Blessing, for I Go to a Foreign LandCollaboration with composer Elena Langer and folk performers from Pokrovsky Ensemble, Taganka Theatre, Moscow, led by Maria (Masha) Nefedova and Olga Yukecheva. Lyric...