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 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.
Formations 2016 – Noah Mosley Talks About The Operas
Like a kid in a sweet shop (or a bull in a china shop?), I’m feeling the same leg-wiggling excitement of squeezing and weighing up presents before opening them on Christmas day: yes, I have the huge privilege of receiving vocal score first drafts for two of the three new operas we will be creating… Continue reading Formations 2016 – Noah Mosley Talks About The Operas
Dido and Belinda – Daniel Leech-Wilkinson On Classical Music As Theatre
A theatre director looks at an opera and asks how can this text tell us something about ourselves? Musicians look at it and ask what does the composer want?
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