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The Bargains Begin: Starting Rehearsal For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
After… four years of work, give or take, Come Bargain With Uncanny Things has reached its final R&D phase, ahead of a pilot run in late...
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leodoulton
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Opera Awards Foundation Bursary
I'm delighted to have been one of the recipients of this year's Opera Awards Foundation Bursary, alongside some excellent people. Most...
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leodoulton
Aug 21, 20224 min read
Apocalypse Proofed Shows
A plausible scenario for the near future The climate crisis has continued on its current course, with rising sea levels and regular...
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leodoulton
Jul 14, 20224 min read
The Operatic Production Line
I am a twin. A few days ago, the good twin (Mimi) posted this: It’s a very sensible thread, and I’d encourage you to read it....
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leodoulton
Jun 26, 202220 min read
Reality and Justice: On naturalism, verismo, and Puccini.
Prologue I am at times, an academic, and one of my specialisms is in the aesthetic philosophy of opera (in short, the ways people justify...
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leodoulton
Jun 24, 20224 min read
The Operator, The Conductor, and The Dancer
An empty white void. Three figures walk in - Ortrud the Operator, Cal the Conductor, and Dancing Dave. Ortrud wears a grungy hoodie and...
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leodoulton
May 23, 20224 min read
In Praise Of Shapera's The King In Yellow
Paul Shapera is (probably) the most prolific opera composer of the 21st century. He’s also the one my operatic peers are least likely to...
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leodoulton
Apr 14, 20225 min read
We Need To Talk About Geoffrey
About a fortnight ago, two very clever people posted Tweets bemoaning the lack of faith of sector leaders in modern (or, at least, 1945)...
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leodoulton
Feb 5, 20226 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 7): What Next For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things?
This is the seventh in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 4, 20223 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 6): Immersive Theatre As Modern Ritual
This is the fifth in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 3, 20222 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 5): Mechanics, Inspiration, and Act 1 Of A Young Adult Novel
This is the fifth in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 3, 20225 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 4): “There’s always a price”: Terry Pratchett & transactional magic.
This is the fourth in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 1, 20226 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 3): What Is Come Bargain With Uncanny Things Now?
This is the third in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Jan 31, 20224 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 2): What Is The [cough] Point of Come Bargain With Uncanny Things?
This is the second in a seven-part sequence of essays going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Jan 30, 20229 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 1): A Conversation With Le Guin About Community & Interactive Theatre
This is the first of a seven-part sequence of essays going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Jan 17, 20225 min read
The Radical Audition: A Quest
What’s the best way to do auditions? Auditions suck. There’s no feeling like that of sending an email to say no to someone talented who’s...
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leodoulton
Aug 28, 20213 min read
The Lich Pagliacci
Once upon a time - all good stories begin with once upon a time - there was a great performer by the name of Pagliacci. Pagliacci had the...
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leodoulton
Jul 31, 20214 min read
Come Bargain With Uncanny Things - some early reflections
First: it worked. You can make an opera without a score, where the audience have genuine control of the outcome, which can adapt to...
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leodoulton
Mar 27, 20212 min read
What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 3 - What Social Theory Can A Game Opera Have?
This will make very little sense unless you've read the first part (on TTRPGs) here, or the second part (on opera as a social game) here....
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leodoulton
Mar 27, 20214 min read
What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 2, opera as social game
This will make a lot more sense if you've read the first part here. At first, I thought I’d do this via the Marxian models I tend to use....
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