Beauty and the Seven Beasts

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Seven dates, seven sins. Each written by a different team of the most promising composers and librettists out there, in a multimedia format, for our return to the stage and first visit to Brixton. We were very happy to see you and share a new opera with a live audience again!

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Our Team

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Visit Katherine’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Singer in “Nature: Water and Air” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Katherine Aitken

Beauty

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Visit Dan’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Dan D'Souza

Beast

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Visit Sarah’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

(Photo credit: Chris Gloag)

Sarah Tynan

Advert

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Visit Chiara’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Chiara Vinci

Envy

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Visit Nick’s website

Prevously with The Opera Story: Daddy Bear-Pig in “Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs” (2018), Marco in Pandora’s Box (2020, ultimately cancelled), Singer in “Egg” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Nicholas Lester

Gluttony

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Visit Josh’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Joshua Owen Mills

Pride

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Visit Ed’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Julian in Pandora’s Box (2020, ultimately cancelled), Singer in “Got your goat” and “Life is Sweet / Shit” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Edmund Danon

Greed

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Visit Anthony’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Singer in “Three, two, one, ready or not” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Anthony Gregory

Lust

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Visit Rachael’s website

Singer in “Cookies” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Rachael Lloyd

Wrath

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Debut with The Opera Story

Henry Waddington

Sloth

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Visit Chloe’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Singer in “Glass Number Three” (“Episodes” series, 2020), Fran in “Pandora’s Box” (2020, ultimately cancelled)

Chloe Latchmore

Beauty (Cover)

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Visit Vahan’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Music for Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs (2018), Music and words for “The one with the Skype Call”, Music for “Egg”, Music and visuals for “Love and light” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Vahan Salorian

Composer - Pride, Intro, Interludes, Epilogue

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Previously with The Opera Story: Libretto for Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs (2018), Libretto for Pandora’s Box (2020, ultimately cancelled), Words for “Soy Sauce” and “Egg” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Dominic Kimberlin

Librettist - Pride, Intro, Interludes, Epilogue

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Visit Lucie’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Composer / Librettist / Singer in “Dewi in the Deep” (2021), Composer of “The Death of the Seven Dwarves” (Second act of “Snow”, 2017), Music and visuals for “Song of the Rocks” and “Don’t just clap” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Lucie Treacher

Composer - "Sloth"

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Visit Jennifer’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Libretto for “Snow” (2017), Words for “Song of the rocks”, “Got your goat”, “Nature: water and air” and “Don’t just clap” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

JL Williams

Librettist - "Sloth"

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Visit Jude’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Jude Obermüller

Composer - Gluttony

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Debut with the Opera Story

Tom Powell

Librettist - Gluttony

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Visit Sasha’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Sasha Scott

Composer - Greed

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Previously with The Opera Story: Words for “Love and Light” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Louis Rembges

Librettist - Greed

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Visit Ruth’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Ruth Chan

Composer - Lust

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Debut with The Opera Story

Ellie Taylor

Librettist - Lust

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Previously with The Opera Story: Composer of “The Three Ravens” (First act of “Snow”, 2017)

Lewis Murphy

Composer - Envy

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Visit Annie’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Annie Jenkins

Librettist - Envy

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Visit James’ website

Previously with The Opera Story: Music for “Life is Sweet / Life is Shit” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

James Garner

Composer - Wrath

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Visit Anna’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Anna Pool

Librettist - Wrath

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Previously with The Opera Story: Repetiteur in “Snow” (2017), Repetiteur and Assistant Conductor in “Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs” (2018), Conductor in “Robin Hood” (2019), Piano in “The One with the Skype Call”, “Egg”, “Got your Goat”, “Love and Light” and “Life is Sweet, Life is Shit” (“Episodes” series, 2020)

Berrak Dyer

Conductor

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Visit James’ website

Previously with The Opera Story: Director of Snow (2017), Director of Life is Sweet / Life is Shit (“Episodes” series, 2020)

James Hurley

Director

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Visit Cheng’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Cheng Keng

Video and Projection Designer

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Visit AK’s website

Previously with The Opera Story: Assistant Stage Manager in Snow (2017), Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs (2018) and Robin Hood (2019), Design Associate and Assistant Stage Manager in Pandora’s Box (2020, ultimately cancelled).

AK Lie

Costumes Designer

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Visit Tomás’ website

Debut with The Opera Story

Tomás Palmer

Set Designer

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Visit Danny’s website

Debut with The Opera Story

Danny Vavrečka

Lighting Designer

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Debut with The Opera Story

Emma Ryan

Company Stage Manager

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Debut with The Opera Story

Photo credit: Mihaela Bodlovic

Laura Alexander-Smith

Assistant Stage Manager

Reviews

Seen & Heard

Beauty and the Seven Beasts is a triumph of invention, a true child of our time while referencing a mythos that has underlaid humankind since time immemorial… Rarely I have seen a production as inspiring as this.

The Stage

A hearty welcome back to a small but effective opera company that, here, renews its commitment to the creation of new opera at a level it can be proud of…

Planet Hugill

Using seven composers and mixing film with live performance, The Opera Story’s latest show is a remarkable triumph…

The Times

All things considered, it is a small miracle that the show holds together as well as it does. One reason for that is the musical consistency maintained by the seven composers…

Brixton Jamm

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261 Brixton Rd, Myatts Field South, London SW9 6LH

We are very excited to perform in Brixton for the first time, and to partner with this very exciting venue!

With the generous support of

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Individual Donors

Ivan Katzen
Kate Olver & Jeremy Young
Robin Farr
Anthony Herdman
Andrew Katzen
Helen and Adam Gac
Meriel & Jeremy Greenhalgh
Catherine Hubbard
Thomas Ledergerber
Davie Evans
Vladimir Vlaicu