Alasdair Middleton

Alasdair Middleton is a leading British opera librettist and playwright with librettos commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Opera North and the Berlin Philharmonic among others. He is responsible for a series of important operatic collaborations with the British composer Jonathan Dove including The Enchanted Pig and The Adventures of Pinocchio . He has also worked extensively with the choreographer Will Tuckett both as librettist and co-director, and has written several works with Matthew King including the award-winning community opera On London Fields . Middleton’s plays include Aeschylean Nasty, Shame on you Charlotte, Casta Diva and Einmal. He teaches the Junior Drama Classes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Opera libretti

• Everything Money Can Buy (The Opera Group) ^[1]
• Out Of The Ordinary (The Opera Group) ^[1]
• The World Was All Before Them; composer, Matthew King ^[2]
• Lessons from Harmony; composer, Matthew King ^[2]
• On London Fields ; composer, Matthew King (2005) ^[2]
• The Hackney Chronicles; composer, Jonathan Dove ^[2]
• Red Riding Hood; composer, Jonathan Dove ^[2]
• On Spital Fields; composer, Jonathan Dove (2006) ^[2]
• The Enchanted Pig ; composer, Jonathan Dove (The Opera Group at the Young Vic, 2006) ^[2]
• The Adventures of Pinocchio; composer, Jonathan Dove (Opera North / Sadlers Wells, 2007) ^[2]
• The Feathered Friend; composer, Helen Chadwick (Riverside Studios) ^[3]
• A Bird in Your Ear; composer, David Bruce, Bard College, New York, March 2008 ^[4]
• Swanhunter; composer, Jonathan Dove (2009) ^[5]
• Mansfield Park, composer, Jonathan Dove (2011) ^[6]
• Schoenberg in Hollywood; composer, Matthew King (2015)
• Il Pastorale, l'Urbano e il Suburbano; composer, Matthew King (2015)
• Odyssey; composer, Jonathan Dove (2023)

Play

• Einmal (Stoked Festival, 2007) ^[2]

Published works

• The Enchanted Pig (Oberon Modern Plays, 2008) ISBN   978-1-84002-717-4, ISBN   1-84002-717-7 ^[7]

References

1. "Stoked Theatre Festival". Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
2. Opera North programme, The Adventures of Pinnochio, 2007
3. The Stage / Reviews / Blind Date
4. David Bruce - Composer
5. "First in the series is composer Jonathan Dove".
6. "Mansfield Park". Jonathan Dove. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
7. Powell's Books - The Enchanted Pig (Oberon Modern Plays) by Alasdair Middleton