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Shadow Opera is a creative collective specialising in innovative music theatre. We explore unconventional ways of presenting opera and telling stories through new commissions and collaboration.

Current production

The true story of two Victorian poets and lovers, who lived and wrote under the pseudonym, Michael Field. This podcast opera explores the sensual, fantastical and witty world of Michael Field, and his struggle with Victorian patriarchy.

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Past productions

Stop All the Clocks
"I was going to go home and sleep but this Stop All the Clocks thingy is magnificent!"

Review Bookshop
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MICRO megas
"Floyd’s music is written with a lyrical understanding of the human voice not always found in modern classical music and there wasn't a weak link in the singing"

One Stop Arts ****
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The Shadow of the Wave
“This Opera is a very well-made piece, with many features in common with the well-made plays that used to be common in the West End"

The Spectator ****

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The Nightingale and the Rose
"This is a highly accomplished work with a musical language and subject matter accessible to all.Its inaugural production was truly captivating"

Dame Hilary Boulding
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