Opera Makers
Milton Court Theatre
June 2023



Performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course, Opera Makers features new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing alongside a selection of opera scenes by French composers Ravel and Poulenc.

The three new operas premiered in this production are Lantern Fish by composer Luka Venter and librettist David Bottomley; Lost Property by composer Anna Disley-Simpson and librettist Olivia Bell; and Reborns by composer Elif Nur Karlidag and librettist Stanley Lawson.

Director: Will Kerley
Conductor: Dominic Wheeler
Designer: Liam Bunster
Lighting Designer: Ros Chase
Video Designer: Jonathan Strutt

Production Manager: Bradley Halliwell
Assistant Production Managers: Josie Ireland, Dallas Thompson, Bekah Tunnell
Production Management Supervisor: Julia Bermingham

Assistant Director: Edie Bailey
Assistant Conductor: Michael Rose

Production Photography: David Monteith-Hodge