Tim Benjamin

This page is for the composer Tim Benjamin. For the athlete see Timothy Benjamin.

Tim Benjamin (born 14 September 1975) is an Anglo-French composer.[1] He won the Stephen Oliver Trust's Prize for Contemporary Opera, for his first opera The Bridge (to a libretto by David Edgar).[2]

His second opera, The Corley Conspiracy, was performed in September 2007 at the Southbank Centre, London.[3]

His opera Emily (libretto by the composer) was first performed at the Todmorden Hippodrome in July 2013.[4]

His opera Madame X (libretto by Anthony Peter) was performed at the Grimeborn 2014 festival.[5]

His twin operas Rest In Peace (libretto translated and adapted by the composer, after Chekhov) and Silent Jack (libretto by the composer and Anthony Peter) were performed at the 2015 Tête-à-Tête Festival.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Tim Benjamin: Composer".
  2. ↑ "The Stephen Oliver Trust". Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "The Corley Conspiracy". The London Design Festival 2007; Radius. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  4. ↑ Todmorden News, 11 July 2013
  5. ↑ Yehuda Shapiro. "Review". Opera magazine, November 2014 issue. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  6. ↑

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