Opera Month: Looking Ahead - The Future of Opera
Abigail, October 18th, 2019What will the future hold?
As our opera month draws to a close it's time to look at what lies ahead! Which opera composer's should you be keeping an eye on and which companies should you go and check out? Find out in our look ahead - The Future of Opera!
THREE OPERA COMPOSERS, YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
MATTHEW AUCOIN
Matthew Aucoin is LA Opera's artist in residence and co-artistic director of the American Modern Opera Company. Often compared to the great Richard Wagner, Aucoin's most prestigious works (to date) are his one-act opera Second Nature and his adaption of Walt Whitman's poem Crossing.
NICO MUCHLY
Having worked closely with both the Met and the ENO (English National Opera) Muchly is probably one of the best-known composers of his generation. All about moving opera forward Muchly employs interesting story-telling techniques in order to captivate new audiences. Muchly's recent work with the ENO, Marnie, gained critical and commercial acclaim in 2017. It was so popular that it even turned the heads of the most stalwart of opera doubters.
MISSY MAZOLI
Grammy nominee Mazoli has been dubbed "Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart" by Time Out New York. Her 2018 opera "Proving Up" launched Mazoli into opera super-stardom as it was critically acclaimed by the U.S press. Keep your eye out for performances of her earlier works, 2012's Song From The Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt and SALT, 2013's A Flourish of Green and 2016's Breaking The Waves.
OPERA COMPANIES YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT
As its name suggests, the English Touring Opera tours the country each year bringing opera productions to fans across Great Britain. With a varied repertoire, the English Touring Opera strives to deliver programs for everyone whilst featuring some of the opera world's biggest talents.
As one of Britain's most prestigious opera companies Opera North delivers programs that challenge the conventional perceptions of opera. Featuring new works and breathing new life into the classics Opera Nothe is one of my exciting companies in the world!
We hope that you have learned a little more about opera and have had some fun on the way. Whether you're a fan of the classics or keen to learn about the newest works, opera is a genre that will continuously draw you in and surprise you!
