Philip Venables

A composer of ferocious dramatic instincts
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker

2023

  • Wednesday, 08 March 2023, 18:30
    Denis & Katya at Finnish National Opera by Opera Taite (Finnish premiere)
    Almin Hall, Finnish National Opera, Helsinginkatu 58, 00260 Helsinki, Finland

    A new version of Denis & Katya in Finnish, translated and directed by Johanna Freundlich, with light and video design by Janne Teivainen. Performed by Mari Palo and Ville Rusanen. A produciton by Opera Company Taite with The Finnish National Opera / Musica Nova Helsinki.

    Tickets: https://oopperabaletti.fi/en/repertoire-and-tickets/musica-nova-helsinki-denis-katya/

  • Thursday, 16 March 2023, 18:00
    4.48 Psychose
    Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany

    A revival of the Semperoper’s 2019 production, conducted by Max Renne and directed by Tobias Heyder. Design by Stephan von Wedel, lighting Marco Dietzel, video Benedikt Schulte, dramaturgy Juliane Schunke. Featuring Sarah MariaSun, Karen Bandelow, Samantha Price, Sarah Alexandra Hudarew, Karina Repova, Tahnee Niboro and the Semperoper Projektorchester.

    Tickets: https://www.semperoper.de/spielplan/stuecke/stid/psychose/61265.html#a_29771

  • Thursday, 16 March 2023, 19:30
    Post-show discussion with Philip Venables and Juliane Schunke
    Semper Zwei Theaterplatz 2 01067 Dresden Germany

  • Saturday, 18 March 2023, 18:00
    4.48 Psychose
    Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany

  • Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 18:00
    4.48 Psychose
    Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany

  • Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 18:00
    4.48 Psychose
    Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany

  • Saturday, 25 March 2023, 18:00
    4.48 Psychose
    Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany

  • Sunday, 26 March 2023, 17:00
    4.48 Psychose
    Semperoper Dresden Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany

  • Friday, 14 April 2023, 17:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover (Wiederaufnahme)
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

    Text/Direction by Ted Huffman, German Translation by Robert Lehmeier, Music Direction by Maxim Boeckelmann, Video by Pierre Martin, Design by Andrew Lieberman, Light by Bernd Purkrabek.
    Cast:  Weronika Rabek, Darwin Prakash, Celli of the Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover.
    https://staatstheater-hannover.de/de_DE/programm-staatsoper/denis-katya.1325296

  • Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 09:00
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover (Schools performance)
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Thursday, 20 April 2023, 09:00
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover (Schools performance)
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 17:30
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Saturday, 29 April 2023, 16:00
    Game Show Music (world premiere), in 'Playing Animal Farm'
    E-Werk Maschinenhalle Am Kirschberg 4 99423 Weimar Germany

    An interactive family performance by Nationaltheater Weimar: Transform into one of the animals of Animal Farm and play your way to the utopia of a better world, level by level, to the sounds of the game show band!
    https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/de/programm/stueck-detail.php?SID=3140

  • Sunday, 30 April 2023, 14:00
    Game Show Music in 'Playing Animal Farm'
    E-Werk Maschinenhalle Am Kirschberg 4 99423 Weimar Germany

  • Sunday, 30 April 2023, 16:00
    Denis & Katya at Staatsoper Hannover
    Ballhof Eins, Ballhofplatz 5, 30159 Hannover, Germany

  • Sunday, 07 May 2023, 00:00
    Denis & Katya performed by Pittsburgh Opera, USA
    George R White Studio, Pittsburgh, USA.

  • Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 18:30
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions (PREVIEW), at Manchester International Festival
    Home 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN England

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Thursday, 29 June 2023, 18:30
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, world premiere, at Manchester International Festival
    Home 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN England

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Friday, 30 June 2023, 18:30
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, world premiere, at Manchester International Festival
    Home 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN England

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Saturday, 01 July 2023, 18:30
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, world premiere, at Manchester International Festival
    Home 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN England

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Sunday, 02 July 2023, 14:00
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, world premiere, at Manchester International Festival
    Home 2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN England

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Friday, 07 July 2023, 15:00
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (European premiere)
    Pavillon Noir 530 Avenue Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 13100 Aix-en-Provence France

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Saturday, 08 July 2023, 10:00
    'MIDI' Conversation at Festival d'Aix with Timothée Picard
    Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

  • Saturday, 08 July 2023, 15:00
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (European premiere)
    Pavillon Noir 530 Avenue Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 13100 Aix-en-Provence France

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Sunday, 09 July 2023, 15:00
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
    Pavillon Noir 530 Avenue Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 13100 Aix-en-Provence France

  • Thursday, 27 July 2023, 18:00
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, at Bregenzer Festspiele (Austrian premiere)
    Bregenz Festival Platz der Wiener Symphoniker 1 6900 Bregenz Austria

    A Baroque Fantasia, based on the book by Larry Mitchell (1977). Text & Direction: Ted Huffman, Music: Philip Venables. Co-commissioned by MIF, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Bregenzer Festspiele and NYU Skirball Theater NYC.

  • Friday, 28 July 2023, 18:00
    The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions, at Bregenzer Festspiele
    Bregenz Festival Platz der Wiener Symphoniker 1 6900 Bregenz Austria

  • Friday, 18 August 2023, 15:00
    Denis & Katya in Aalborg Opera Festival with Kind Of Opera (Danish Premiere)
    House of Music (Aalborg) Musikkens Plads 1 9000 Aalborg Denmark

    The Danish premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by Kind Of Opera (directed by Selma Mongelard). Info and tickets: https://www.aalborgopera.dk/kalender/denis-katya-2023-(1)/

  • Friday, 18 August 2023, 18:30
    Denis & Katya in Aalborg Opera Festival with Kind Of Opera (Danish Premiere)
    House of Music (Aalborg) Musikkens Plads 1 9000 Aalborg Denmark

    The Danish premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by Kind Of Opera (directed by Selma Mongelard). Info and tickets: https://www.aalborgopera.dk/kalender/denis-katya-2023-(2)/

  • Sunday, 03 September 2023, 10:00
    Denis & Katya Masterclass
    Wiener Kammeroper Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    A masterclass with Philip Venables and the performers in this new production by Marcos Darbyshire for Musiktheater an der Wien.

  • Sunday, 10 September 2023, 09:00
    Denis & Katya Einführrungsmatinee
    Wiener Kammeroper Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    An introduction to the piece with the performers.

  • Sunday, 24 September 2023, 17:00
    The Hermes Experiment performs A Photograph at the Southbank Centre
    Purcell Room Belvedere Road London SE1 8XX England

    The Hermes Experiment: When can we be real?

    Philip Venables: A Photograph
    Elaine Mitchener: new work
    Laura Moody: Rilke Songs
    Jethro Cooke & The Hermes Experiment: Metropolis
    Meredith Monk (arr. Denholm): Double Fiesta.

    Tickets: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/classical-music/hermes-experiment

  • Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 18:00
    Denis & Katya at Theater an der Wien (Austrian Premiere)
    Vienna Chamber Opera (Wiener Kammeroper) Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    The Austrian premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by Musiktheater an der Wien, directed by Marcos Darbyshire.
    Tickets: https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1228/Denis-amp-Katya

  • Friday, 29 September 2023, 18:00
    Denis & Katya at Theater an der Wien (Austrian Premiere)
    Vienna Chamber Opera (Wiener Kammeroper) Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    The Austrian premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by (Musik)Theater an der Wien, directed by Marcos Darbyshire.
    Tickets: https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1228/Denis-amp-Katya

  • Tuesday, 03 October 2023, 18:00
    Denis & Katya at Theater an der Wien (Austrian Premiere)
    Vienna Chamber Opera (Wiener Kammeroper) Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    The Austrian premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by (Musik)Theater an der Wien, directed by Marcos Darbyshire.
    Tickets: https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1228/Denis-amp-Katya

  • Friday, 06 October 2023, 18:00
    Denis & Katya at Theater an der Wien (Austrian Premiere)
    Vienna Chamber Opera (Wiener Kammeroper) Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    The Austrian premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by (Musik)Theater an der Wien, directed by Marcos Darbyshire.
    Tickets: https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1228/Denis-amp-Katya

  • Sunday, 08 October 2023, 18:00
    Denis & Katya at Theater an der Wien (Austrian Premiere)
    Vienna Chamber Opera (Wiener Kammeroper) Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    The Austrian premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by (Musik)Theater an der Wien, directed by Marcos Darbyshire.
    Tickets: https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1228/Denis-amp-Katya

  • Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 18:00
    Denis & Katya at Theater an der Wien (Austrian Premiere)
    Vienna Chamber Opera (Wiener Kammeroper) Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    The Austrian premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by (Musik)Theater an der Wien, directed by Marcos Darbyshire.
    Tickets: https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1228/Denis-amp-Katya

  • Thursday, 12 October 2023, 18:00
    Denis & Katya at Theater an der Wien (Austrian Premiere)
    Vienna Chamber Opera (Wiener Kammeroper) Fleischmarkt 24 1010 Vienna Austria

    The Austrian premiere of Denis & Katya, in a brand new production by (Musik)Theater an der Wien, directed by Marcos Darbyshire.
    Tickets: https://www.theater-wien.at/de/spielplan/saison2023-24/1228/Denis-amp-Katya

  • Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 18:30
    Answer Machine Tape, 1987 at Oxford Contemporary Music
    St John's College Auditorium St Giles Oxford OX1 3JP England

    Zubin Kanga performs this work for piano and multimedia. TIckets: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/589993

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