Category: text arts
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Three new CHAMBER OPERAS (Benjamin, Coult, Venables)

by Aleksi Barrière PICTURE A DAY LIKE THIS Music: George BenjaminText: Martin Crimp Stage direction, set design, dramaturgy & lighting design: Daniel Jeanneteau, Marie-Christine SomaConductor: George Benjamin Woman: Marianne CrebassaZabelle: Anna ProhaskaLover 1 / Composer: Beate MordalLover 2 / Composer’s Assistant: Cameron ShahbaziArtisan / Collector: John BrancyActors: Lisa Grandmottet, Eulalie Rambaud, Matthieu BaqueyOrchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra Commissioned and coproduced by Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Royal Opera House – Covent Garden, Opéra national du…
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INTERVIEW with Simon Stephens

by Yulia Savikovskaya This interview with British playwright Simon Stephens took place in February 2021 just a few days after his 50th Jubilee. Simon Stephens is an Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith (London), the author of Punk Rock (2009), Harper Regan (2007), Motortown (2006), Morning Sun (2021), Blindness (2020, adaptation of José Saramago’s novel) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012, adaptation of…
