Ensemble BPM’s Three Tales, conducted by Nick Sutcliffe, played to sold-out houses at the Science Museum’s cavernous IMAX Theatre, which boasts a 408m² screen and 12,000 watts of digital surround sound.
Back in 2002, Steve Reich and Beryl Korot spoke to David Allenby about Three Tales, ahead of its first performances by Ensemble Modern. Ahead of our production at the Science Museum’s IMAX Theatre on 22 and 24 April 2015, read their fascinating interview below. How did the idea for Three Tales first come about? SR When […]
Three Tales is a video opera by Pulitzer-prize winning composer Steve Reich and video artist Beryl Korot that examines man’s deepening relationship with technology.
Anaïs Nin’s incredible life is the subject of Louis Andriessen’s dynamic video opera, staged by Ensemble BPM at the Riverside Studios last weekend. Over two nights, BPM played to captive audiences at the world’s largest festival for new opera, Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival.
Following BPM’s critically acclaimed production of Steve Reich and Beryl Korot’s Three Tales in 2010, BPM will become the first group to perform Louis Andriessen’s video opera since the London Sinfonietta’s UK premiere back in 2011.