Alex is only 24, but from the first time we heard his music we were very impressed by the maturity and confidence of his musical language. This will be his first opera, but he has already composed vocal and choral pieces of great quality, including for tenor Nicky Spence, and has received commissions from BBC Radio, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Society and Aldeburgh Music, amongst others.

Dominic returns to work with us after having written the libretto of our second opera, Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs. It was a pleasure working with him and all of us and the audience appreciated the style of his writing, contemporary yet deep and full of a dark humour that we think fits very well the subject matter for this production.

Aylin won the WhatsOnStage Best Newcomer to the UK Operatic Scene award in 2014. Her previous experience in opera includes work with Grimeborn Festival, Bury Court Opera and Opera Holland Park, as well as in her native Turkey, Germany and in Albania.

Lee’s experience in opera includes notably having already conducted a World Premiere, at Glyndebourne. In the UK, he has conducted and recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Other opera credits include work in the Netherlands and Spain.

Alice sang the title roles in our first two seasons (Snow and Goldilocks
and the Three Little Pigs), and we are great admirers of her talent.
Her other work in opera includes appearances with Aldeburgh Festival,
Longborough Festival Opera, Pop Up Opera and Independent Opera.
Alice is a bursary of Opera Prelude and the International Opera
Awards Foundation.

Nic gave an outstanding performance when he was part of the cast of our second season, singing Daddy Bear-Pig. His career has really taken off in these past couple of seasons, including main and title roles in Opera Holland Park, English National Opera, The Grange Festival, Scottish Opera and New Zealand Opera, so we are very excited to have him with us for a second time.

Ed is an alumnus from the National Opera Study, the Royal Academy
of Music and Glyndebourne’s New Generation Programme. His most
recent opera work includes roles with Nevill Holt Opera, Waterperry
Opera, Glyndebourne and Grimeborn, and he will also be part of
another world premiere in the 2020 season of Grange Festival.

Chloe is a recent graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s Opera course. She has most recently made appearances with Glyndebourne Festival, Théâtre du Chatelet (Paris) and Pop-Up Opera, and in song recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall.

This will be Anthony’s first time working with us, but we have greatly
enjoyed his work with companies like Opera della Luna, Grimeborn
and ENO (where he is covering the title role later this season).

Rachel studied Professional Stage Management, and has worked in operas by British Youth Opera and Buxton Opera house, as well as a number of theatre projects around the country.

AK has been with us since our first season, first as a trainee and then as Assistant Stage Manager, before joining us this year as Design Associate. She recently got her MA in Costume for Performance, and recent work includes costume designing for The Property Play by Jelena Budimir (2019), The Awaiting Wrath by Jen Irons (2018), East Wall 2018 arranged by LIFT Festival (2018) and The Amazing Journey of Grimacing Podge or the Missing Me by Eddie Latter (2018).

Ben was already the Lighting Designer for our debut, Snow, and we are very excited to have him back. Opera credits include English National Opera, Opera North and the International Opera Awards, amongst others, as well as a number of theatre projects.

Artistic Director Hamish comes from the performance side of opera. His main goal in co-founding The Opera Story is to contribute to ensuring the future of opera, by commissioning new works to be written and performed.

Executive Director and co-founder Manuel has a professional career in the financial services industry, and is now applying his expertise to the administration of the company and to securing resources for its stable funding.

Henrietta is deputy editor of Opera magazine and is a writer, editor, producer and late-onset mezzo-soprano. She has published articles in The Spectator, The Guardian and The Telegraph, in theatre and opera programmes, and has devised narrated song recitals that have been performed at festivals throughout the UK.

Antony is a Trustee of The Opera Story. An economist and consultant, his career has been in management consulting in the UK and Asia and he is currently doing a PhD in Musicology.

Leigh, “the emergent specialist of 20th-century opera” (Financial Times), has carved out a formidable reputation for the performance of new works and dramatic 20th century repertoire.