Nominee category: Best Stage Work Composition
composed by Matthew Grouse music theatre for two soloists and an ensemble of three 90mins commissioned by Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere
composed by Jonathan Dove opera for a cast of eight singers and twelve players 100mins commissioned by James Clutton for Opera Holland Park with support from the Canadian Opera Company with libretto by Alasdair Middleton published in the UK by Edition Peters
composed by Philip Venables music theatre for fifteen mixed performers 90mins commissioned by Factory International, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele, the Southbank Centre and NYU Skirball in association with Holland Festival
composed by Bushra El-Turk opera for two voices, ancient folk instruments and pre-recorded audio samples 60mins commissioned by LOD muziektheater (BE), co-produced by Royal Opera House, Shubbak Festival, Britten Pears Arts, Festival d’Aix, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, & All Aria’s Festival (de Singel Antwerpen, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Concertgebouw Brugge & Transparant) with libretto by Stacy […]
composed by George Benjamin opera for a cast of five singers and twenty one players 60mins co-commissioned and co-produced by the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, Opéra national du Rhin, Opéra Comique, and les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Oper Köln and Teatro di San Carlo with libretto by Martin Crimp […]