Music Hire
Available for hire from Birmingham Opera Company: brilliantly re-imagined orchestrations for small forces.
Orchestration
Birmingham Opera Company first established its reputation with brilliantly re-imagined orchestrations for small forces: Offering greater flexibility of configuration in and out of a theatre or for use in film/television production. Maintaining the quality of the original scale work
Flexible Forces
Our re-scored arrangements are optimised so they can be performed with or without a separate live chorus.
Language
All titles available in original language or in specially-commissioned English translations. We can advise on rights for the translations.
...some of the mightiest sounds ever imagined by the mind of man, communicate every bit as awesomely as they might at Bayreuth or Covent Garden. It is as I said, a miracle."
Rupert Christiansen, The Spectator on The Ring Saga
Recent Productions
Recent productions include - Harvard College Opera (US) Edmonton Opera (CA), Deutsche Oper Das Rheingold auf dem Parkdeck (below left), English National Opera's drive-in La bohème (far below) and below right director Julia Burbach and Conductor Peter Selwyn on their Ring for Grimeborne Festival, Arcola Theatre, Hackney Empire (UK).
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An abridged version of Wagner's Ring Cycle, available separately or as a whole:
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Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) 1 hour 54 mins approx;
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Die Walküre (Valkyrie) 2 hours 52 mins approx;
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Siegfried 2 hours 12 mins approx;
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Götterdämmerung (Twilight) 2 hours 44 mins approx.
Version by Jonathan Dove and Graham Vick.
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Mozart’s fantastical, philosophical masterpiece distilled into an intimate and vibrant chamber version. This nimble arrangement preserves all the magic, comedy, and structural brilliance of the original score while making it highly adaptable for touring, open-air productions, and unconventional performance spaces.
Also Available
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The Two Widows
Smetana
A new version for cast of four, arranged for piano quintet by Christopher Willis.
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Vixen Sharp Ears (Cunning Little Vixen)
Janáček
Version by Jonathan Dove.
Although this was commissioned by Birmingham Opera Company, it is now held by Universal Edition.