Following their annual week-long residency at Opera North, the Young Artists of the National Opera Studio performed a programme of opera scenes with the Orchestra of Opera North. Conducted by Opera North’s Music Director Garry Walker and woven together by acclaimed opera director Olivia Fuchs, Cautionary Tales featured contemporary opera scenes from some of today’s most celebrated composers including: Tom Coult, Tansy Davies, Jonathan Dove, Søren Nils Eichberg, Elena Kats-Chernin, Steven Mackey, Errollyn Wallen and Judith Weir. Surreal, witty and thought-provoking, these tales of transformation deal with the tensions of contemporary life. They covered a diverse range of subject matters from climate change and animal rights to artificial intelligence and gender identity with humour and compassion.
Performances at 6.30pm on 29 April in the Howard Assembly Room, Leeds; at 7.30pm on 2 & 3 May in Wilton’s Music Hall, London.
