Sharing performance practice, creative life hacks and tiny moments of whimsy…
19 November 2019
Just what can the castrati tradition reveal about the algae opera singer? Meet the protagonist of The Algae Opera, Evalga… When I was 12, mum and dad bought me a hard-backed shiny book about classical music. I think it had a picture of James Galway …
18 November 2019
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The six steps to creating an operatic character. The Algae Opera is a micro-opera that required the creation of a character living in a future world. Rather than rocking up to the rehearsal to scour the score for clues, we built the future state and c …
18 November 2019
How can an opera singer become the producer of a future food? Explore, The Algae Opera, where song is a tasty experience. Carmen clicked her castanets to seduce. Dido drank a vile of poison to nobly end her life. Charlotte kept letters to remind her of …
13 November 2019
Part of the Antony Gormley event programme, this epic RA Lates invites you to experience nature reinterpreted through earthly intervention, performances and soundscapes across the RA’s two-acre campus. BurtonNitta’s The Algae Opera will be performed in …
19 September 2019
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BurtonNitta’s ‘New Organs of Creation’ was first presented at The Science Gallery’s 2019 exhibition, ‘Spare Parts.’ in London. The performance aspect of the project received its world premiere on the 8 May 2019 in the Science Gallery Theatre. Read on t …
7 September 2019
How beautiful the London air, how calm and unalarming. Oh come and take a stroll with me and do not fear to stumble.” John Betjeman Come join us for an afternoon of poetry at Bow Church to celebrate their 700th anniversary and to dwell in stanzas for a …
6 June 2019
Tongue and Talk: Episode 2 – Isle of Man Explore the voices of Manx dialect and language speakers, whose words are influenced by the Celts and the Norsemen. Actor and writer, Catherine Harvey, returns to her Manx roots to share the work of T E Brown, w …
20 May 2019
Nina Simone pops up in the most surprising of places. This morning she was the voice of Muller yoghurt during the ad breaks of the Jeremy Kyle show. This afternoon she is the voice of salvation as Jack Dickinson’s coffin is carried down the aisle of St …
2 May 2019
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BurtonNitta’s ‘New Organs of Creation’ receives its world premiere on the 8 May 2019 at the Science Gallery, London. Read on to understand what their approach means for the evolution of song and performance practice. Song unites. When the opening chord …
29 April 2019
What might an anthem composed for the future of ‘Britain’s divided nation’ sound like? New Organs of Creation is the latest interdisciplinary project from BurtonNitta. Crossing science, art, performance, music and technology, it explores how the human …
