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🍄 Three wonderful days of shaping the new work. See you in Jan! A new grand opera with @rvavrek. Dir: Barrie Kosky. Music Direction: Pierre Bleuse 🦊#RedFox #DutchNationalOpera Opens March 13 ‘27. #memory 👀💦🌊

🍄 Three wonderful days of shaping the new work. See you in Jan! A new grand opera with @rvavrek. Dir: Barrie Kosky. Music Direction: Pierre Bleuse 🦊#RedFox #DutchNationalOpera Opens March 13 ‘27. #memory 👀💦🌊

🍄 Three wonderful days of shaping the new work. See you in Jan! A new grand opera with @rvavrek. Dir: Barrie Kosky. Music Direction: Pierre Bleuse 🦊#RedFox #DutchNationalOpera Opens March 13 ‘27. #memory 👀💦🌊

🍄 Three wonderful days of shaping the new work. See you in Jan! A new grand opera with @rvavrek. Dir: Barrie Kosky. Music Direction: Pierre Bleuse 🦊#RedFox #DutchNationalOpera Opens March 13 ‘27. #memory 👀💦🌊

Little catchup with after Hong Kong and Beijing…. Where next?!!!

(I missed saying bye!)

‘Spectacular’– We caught up with Angel’s Bone composer Du Yun at opening night for the UK Premier of her Pulitzer Prize-winning opera.
 
Angels appear all too rarely. Don’t miss them🪽
 
📍Aviva Studios, until 16 May 2026
London Coliseum 16 – 31 October 2026

Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer @duyun and celebrated librettist @rvavrek visited the Martin Harris Centre at @officialuom to discuss their groundbreaking opera Angel’s Bone with Music students. 🎶

This talk was an opportunity for our students to hear directly from the creators about the themes, creative process, and musical world of Angel’s Bone, as well as to gain insight into the @englishnationalopera production, which showing in Manchester until tomorrow, 16 May.

We'd like to thank Du Yun and Royce Vavrek for their time, ENO for facilitating this student engagement opportunity and the @uommusic for hosting and organising the talk.

Earlier this week, we celebrated the ENO-produced UK Premiere of Angel's Bone at @factory_international. Angel’s Bone was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music and tells the story of two battered angels, who fall into the garden of a couple whose marriage is collapsing. What begins as care becomes exploitation, creating a powerful and unsettling allegory of modern‑day slavery and human trafficking. The work is known for its bold fusion of chamber music, theatre, cabaret, electronica and punk.

@uomhums
Photo credit: @jilljphoto

Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer @duyun and celebrated librettist @rvavrek visited the Martin Harris Centre at @officialuom to discuss their groundbreaking opera Angel’s Bone with Music students. 🎶

This talk was an opportunity for our students to hear directly from the creators about the themes, creative process, and musical world of Angel’s Bone, as well as to gain insight into the @englishnationalopera production, which showing in Manchester until tomorrow, 16 May.

We'd like to thank Du Yun and Royce Vavrek for their time, ENO for facilitating this student engagement opportunity and the @uommusic for hosting and organising the talk.

Earlier this week, we celebrated the ENO-produced UK Premiere of Angel's Bone at @factory_international. Angel’s Bone was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music and tells the story of two battered angels, who fall into the garden of a couple whose marriage is collapsing. What begins as care becomes exploitation, creating a powerful and unsettling allegory of modern‑day slavery and human trafficking. The work is known for its bold fusion of chamber music, theatre, cabaret, electronica and punk.

@uomhums
Photo credit: @jilljphoto

Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer @duyun and celebrated librettist @rvavrek visited the Martin Harris Centre at @officialuom to discuss their groundbreaking opera Angel’s Bone with Music students. 🎶

This talk was an opportunity for our students to hear directly from the creators about the themes, creative process, and musical world of Angel’s Bone, as well as to gain insight into the @englishnationalopera production, which showing in Manchester until tomorrow, 16 May.

We'd like to thank Du Yun and Royce Vavrek for their time, ENO for facilitating this student engagement opportunity and the @uommusic for hosting and organising the talk.

Earlier this week, we celebrated the ENO-produced UK Premiere of Angel's Bone at @factory_international. Angel’s Bone was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music and tells the story of two battered angels, who fall into the garden of a couple whose marriage is collapsing. What begins as care becomes exploitation, creating a powerful and unsettling allegory of modern‑day slavery and human trafficking. The work is known for its bold fusion of chamber music, theatre, cabaret, electronica and punk.

@uomhums
Photo credit: @jilljphoto

Yesterday, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer @duyun and celebrated librettist @rvavrek visited the Martin Harris Centre at @officialuom to discuss their groundbreaking opera Angel’s Bone with Music students. 🎶

This talk was an opportunity for our students to hear directly from the creators about the themes, creative process, and musical world of Angel’s Bone, as well as to gain insight into the @englishnationalopera production, which showing in Manchester until tomorrow, 16 May.

We'd like to thank Du Yun and Royce Vavrek for their time, ENO for facilitating this student engagement opportunity and the @uommusic for hosting and organising the talk.

Earlier this week, we celebrated the ENO-produced UK Premiere of Angel's Bone at @factory_international. Angel’s Bone was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music and tells the story of two battered angels, who fall into the garden of a couple whose marriage is collapsing. What begins as care becomes exploitation, creating a powerful and unsettling allegory of modern‑day slavery and human trafficking. The work is known for its bold fusion of chamber music, theatre, cabaret, electronica and punk.

@uomhums
Photo credit: @jilljphoto

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Bravi tutti ENO’s breathtaking UK production premiere of Angel’s Bone! Helmed by the ingenious Kip Williams @kip_williams and his team. A collaboration with BBC Philharmonic at the Manchester’s brilliant Factory. Very humbled by the undertaking. 12-14 of May at Aviva Studio. And a proscenium version coming to London’s Coliseum Theatre in October.@englishnationalopera @bbcphilharmonic #angelsbone #eno #newproduction #collaboration #opera

Trailer for Angel's Bone just landed🪽

Angels appear all too rarely. Don’t miss them.

Care becomes contempt and love becomes loathing in this dark, unsettling parable from contemporary composer Du Yun and librettist Royce Vavrek. Directed by Kip Williams.

📍Aviva Studios, until 16 May 2026
London Coliseum 16 – 31 October 2026

Some moments from last night’s celebrations post UK premier of Angel’s Bone. Sharing a joke with director @kip_williams. Pleasure to finally meet composer and librettist Du Yun and Royce Vavrek! Also a rare moment as Mr & Mrs XE glam up to reveal our true identities @allisoncook.opera #aftershow #celebration #angelsbone

Some moments from last night’s celebrations post UK premier of Angel’s Bone. Sharing a joke with director @kip_williams. Pleasure to finally meet composer and librettist Du Yun and Royce Vavrek! Also a rare moment as Mr & Mrs XE glam up to reveal our true identities @allisoncook.opera #aftershow #celebration #angelsbone

Some moments from last night’s celebrations post UK premier of Angel’s Bone. Sharing a joke with director @kip_williams. Pleasure to finally meet composer and librettist Du Yun and Royce Vavrek! Also a rare moment as Mr & Mrs XE glam up to reveal our true identities @allisoncook.opera #aftershow #celebration #angelsbone

Some moments from last night’s celebrations post UK premier of Angel’s Bone. Sharing a joke with director @kip_williams. Pleasure to finally meet composer and librettist Du Yun and Royce Vavrek! Also a rare moment as Mr & Mrs XE glam up to reveal our true identities @allisoncook.opera #aftershow #celebration #angelsbone

💕💕💕Thank you for a great school year! @arin.shhh @tom_pan07 @guoyin_czs @aleksandra.wozniak @yoohyun1210 @mi_rrodriguez and our frequent guest @guoyin_czs! 💕💕💕 #Peabody #Composition #2026 #elapsedtime

An inspiring evening at the Barbican with @stevenbankssaxophone’s superb UK premiere performance of @billychildspiano’s powerful saxophone concerto Diaspora, @duyun’s Ray Charles-inspired Hundred Heads and John Adams’s Harmonielehre 🎷

Plus an absolute treat of an encore - Saint-Saëns’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano on saxophone, accompanied by Elizabeth Burley.

Thank you to conductor @elenaschwarzmusic for guiding us through it and to all who joined us @barbicancentre this evening 💐

🎧 Listen @BBCradio3 & @bbcsounds from Thursday21 May

📷 Mark Allan

An inspiring evening at the Barbican with @stevenbankssaxophone’s superb UK premiere performance of @billychildspiano’s powerful saxophone concerto Diaspora, @duyun’s Ray Charles-inspired Hundred Heads and John Adams’s Harmonielehre 🎷

Plus an absolute treat of an encore - Saint-Saëns’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano on saxophone, accompanied by Elizabeth Burley.

Thank you to conductor @elenaschwarzmusic for guiding us through it and to all who joined us @barbicancentre this evening 💐

🎧 Listen @BBCradio3 & @bbcsounds from Thursday21 May

📷 Mark Allan

An inspiring evening at the Barbican with @stevenbankssaxophone’s superb UK premiere performance of @billychildspiano’s powerful saxophone concerto Diaspora, @duyun’s Ray Charles-inspired Hundred Heads and John Adams’s Harmonielehre 🎷

Plus an absolute treat of an encore - Saint-Saëns’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano on saxophone, accompanied by Elizabeth Burley.

Thank you to conductor @elenaschwarzmusic for guiding us through it and to all who joined us @barbicancentre this evening 💐

🎧 Listen @BBCradio3 & @bbcsounds from Thursday21 May

📷 Mark Allan

An inspiring evening at the Barbican with @stevenbankssaxophone’s superb UK premiere performance of @billychildspiano’s powerful saxophone concerto Diaspora, @duyun’s Ray Charles-inspired Hundred Heads and John Adams’s Harmonielehre 🎷

Plus an absolute treat of an encore - Saint-Saëns’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano on saxophone, accompanied by Elizabeth Burley.

Thank you to conductor @elenaschwarzmusic for guiding us through it and to all who joined us @barbicancentre this evening 💐

🎧 Listen @BBCradio3 & @bbcsounds from Thursday21 May

📷 Mark Allan

An inspiring evening at the Barbican with @stevenbankssaxophone’s superb UK premiere performance of @billychildspiano’s powerful saxophone concerto Diaspora, @duyun’s Ray Charles-inspired Hundred Heads and John Adams’s Harmonielehre 🎷

Plus an absolute treat of an encore - Saint-Saëns’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano on saxophone, accompanied by Elizabeth Burley.

Thank you to conductor @elenaschwarzmusic for guiding us through it and to all who joined us @barbicancentre this evening 💐

🎧 Listen @BBCradio3 & @bbcsounds from Thursday21 May

📷 Mark Allan

An inspiring evening at the Barbican with @stevenbankssaxophone’s superb UK premiere performance of @billychildspiano’s powerful saxophone concerto Diaspora, @duyun’s Ray Charles-inspired Hundred Heads and John Adams’s Harmonielehre 🎷

Plus an absolute treat of an encore - Saint-Saëns’s Sonata for Oboe and Piano on saxophone, accompanied by Elizabeth Burley.

Thank you to conductor @elenaschwarzmusic for guiding us through it and to all who joined us @barbicancentre this evening 💐

🎧 Listen @BBCradio3 & @bbcsounds from Thursday21 May

📷 Mark Allan

What happens when the spirit of Ray Charles collides with a Buddhist parable? 🎶

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Du Yun tells us about Hundred Heads, her tribute to Ray Charles inspired by a Chinese folk tale about a Buddhist monk reincarnated as a many-headed sea monster, ahead of its European premiere tonight at the @barbicancentre conducted by @elenaschwarzmusic.

Thank you to @duyun for sharing the story behind the piece.

Tickets via the link in bio 👆

THEATRE: Two angels fall to earth. Heaven help them. The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'Angel’s Bone' gets its UK premiere at @factory_international 12-16 May, performed by @englishnationalopera and directed by @kip_williams.

"Medieval polyphony collides with electronica, punk, chamber music and cabaret, creating a sound world as fractured and unsettling as the opera’s story..."

🔗 Read more via link in bio.

Written by @duyun and @rvavrek. Presented with @bbcphilharmonic and featuring @kantoschoir.

#opera #avivastudios #angelsbone #pulitzerprize #contemporaryopera #englishnationalopera #factoryinternational #classicalmusicmanchester #manchesterclassicalmusic

THEATRE: Two angels fall to earth. Heaven help them. The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'Angel’s Bone' gets its UK premiere at @factory_international 12-16 May, performed by @englishnationalopera and directed by @kip_williams.

"Medieval polyphony collides with electronica, punk, chamber music and cabaret, creating a sound world as fractured and unsettling as the opera’s story..."

🔗 Read more via link in bio.

Written by @duyun and @rvavrek. Presented with @bbcphilharmonic and featuring @kantoschoir.

#opera #avivastudios #angelsbone #pulitzerprize #contemporaryopera #englishnationalopera #factoryinternational #classicalmusicmanchester #manchesterclassicalmusic

THEATRE: Two angels fall to earth. Heaven help them. The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'Angel’s Bone' gets its UK premiere at @factory_international 12-16 May, performed by @englishnationalopera and directed by @kip_williams.

"Medieval polyphony collides with electronica, punk, chamber music and cabaret, creating a sound world as fractured and unsettling as the opera’s story..."

🔗 Read more via link in bio.

Written by @duyun and @rvavrek. Presented with @bbcphilharmonic and featuring @kantoschoir.

#opera #avivastudios #angelsbone #pulitzerprize #contemporaryopera #englishnationalopera #factoryinternational #classicalmusicmanchester #manchesterclassicalmusic

THEATRE: Two angels fall to earth. Heaven help them. The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'Angel’s Bone' gets its UK premiere at @factory_international 12-16 May, performed by @englishnationalopera and directed by @kip_williams.

"Medieval polyphony collides with electronica, punk, chamber music and cabaret, creating a sound world as fractured and unsettling as the opera’s story..."

🔗 Read more via link in bio.

Written by @duyun and @rvavrek. Presented with @bbcphilharmonic and featuring @kantoschoir.

#opera #avivastudios #angelsbone #pulitzerprize #contemporaryopera #englishnationalopera #factoryinternational #classicalmusicmanchester #manchesterclassicalmusic

THEATRE: Two angels fall to earth. Heaven help them. The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'Angel’s Bone' gets its UK premiere at @factory_international 12-16 May, performed by @englishnationalopera and directed by @kip_williams.

"Medieval polyphony collides with electronica, punk, chamber music and cabaret, creating a sound world as fractured and unsettling as the opera’s story..."

🔗 Read more via link in bio.

Written by @duyun and @rvavrek. Presented with @bbcphilharmonic and featuring @kantoschoir.

#opera #avivastudios #angelsbone #pulitzerprize #contemporaryopera #englishnationalopera #factoryinternational #classicalmusicmanchester #manchesterclassicalmusic

‘Red Fox’ by Du Yun & Royce Vavrek premieres March 13–28, 2027 with Dutch National Opera & Ballet.

As memories begin to fade, three relationships unravel—held together by love, even as identity slips away. Threading their stories is a mystical fox, blurring the line between myth and reality.

Directed by Barrie Kosky, this new opera blends pop, Chinese folk traditions, and Western classical idioms.

Commissioned by Dutch National Opera. Du Yun, Pulitzer Prize–winning composer of ‘Angel’s Bone’, brings her genre-defying voice to this haunting new work.

#Opera #NewOpera #ContemporaryOpera #ClassicalMusic

‘Red Fox’ by Du Yun & Royce Vavrek premieres March 13–28, 2027 with Dutch National Opera & Ballet.

As memories begin to fade, three relationships unravel—held together by love, even as identity slips away. Threading their stories is a mystical fox, blurring the line between myth and reality.

Directed by Barrie Kosky, this new opera blends pop, Chinese folk traditions, and Western classical idioms.

Commissioned by Dutch National Opera. Du Yun, Pulitzer Prize–winning composer of ‘Angel’s Bone’, brings her genre-defying voice to this haunting new work.

#Opera #NewOpera #ContemporaryOpera #ClassicalMusic