Previously from Shadwell Opera
Where the
Wild Things
Are
A family production of
Oliver Knussen's fantasy opera
Look out for this enterprising company’s next show: Oliver Knussen’s Where the Wild Things Are, at London’s Alexandra Palace on 26 October.
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer
Previously from Shadwell Opera
Eight Songs
For A
Mad King
A compelling re-imagining of the monodrama by Sir Peter Maxwell Davis
Every generation or so, a particularly gilded group emerges which you sense will infiltrate and shape the musical future.
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer
Previously from Shadwell Opera
The Diary
of One Who
Disappeared
Leoš Janáček's dramatic song-cycle in a stark updating, featuring tenor Sam Furness.
Shadwell Opera, one of the brightest and most imaginative of the recent crop of music-theatre companies
The Guardian
Previously from Shadwell Opera
Erwartung //
Twice Through
the Heart
A provocative double-bill of
female monodramas
Shadwell Opera takes its place at
pocket opera’s top table.
Whatsonstage
Previously from Shadwell Opera
The
Lighthouse
A haunting new production of Peter Maxwell Davies’ true operatic ghost story.
About Shadwell
Shadwell Opera is one of the UK’s leading opera voices, performing in venues expected and unexpected since 2009.


Jack Furness
Artistic Director


Finnegan
Downie Dear
Musical Director
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