Following the successes of its previous opera masterclasses, Helios Collective is pleased to announce that Formations 2017 will feature a new and more extensive masterclass and performance programme, proudly hosted in conjunction with English National Opera.
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Formations 2017 Programme
The Formations 2017 Programme is now available as a free ebook. Visit our downloads page to get your copy now, or just click on the image below. For additional online information and tickets, please visit Formations Masterclasses 2017.
Dido and Belinda – Photo Gallery 2016
With support from King’s Cultural Institute, in November 2016 Helios Collective and King’s College London’s Music Department co-presented a series of reimagined readings of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas as Dido and Belinda.
Il Letto
Il Letto (The Bed) is a plaria co-production between Helios Collective, Buxton Festival, and Copenhagen Opera Festival.
Formations Masterclasses 2016
Following on from the success of Formations 2015 – when three new operas were developed over a two-week period by Kasper Holten (director of opera, Royal Opera House), Robert Saxton (composer), Stephen Unwin, (director), Stephen Barlow (artistic director, Buxton Festival), Bettina Bartz (dramaturg), and David Parry (conductor) – Helios Collective returned in 2016 with an… Continue reading Formations Masterclasses 2016
Dido and Belinda
To bring radically new meaning to a play is a virtue. To bring radically new meaning to a musical score is sacrilege. But why? Why shouldn’t musicians be as creative and interpretative as actors?
Formations 2016 – Noah Mosley Talks About Dead Equal
Two weeks ago, I wrote on this blog about two of the operas we are creating for Formations 2016. As I zoom through the British countryside on a train, I have the opportunity to write about the third opera, Dead Equal, by composer Rose Miranda Hall and librettist Lila Palmer.
Dido and Belinda – Meet The Creative Team
Here’s your chance to meet the creative team being Dido and Belinda.
Dido and Belinda – Camilla Bull On Creating Dido
In this interview, mezzo-soprano Camilla Bull talks about becoming Dido in Helios Collective’s production of Dido and Belinda.
Dido and Belinda – Design Progress
Lighting Designer for Dido and Belinda, Robert Youngson, is busy working on building a rig in The Great Hall of King’s College London for this specific production to create a unique dramatic statement.
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