PAL Music Theatre Labs
Participants
1991 Opera and New Music Theatre Lab
September 1993 International Opera and Music Theatre Lab
September 1994 International Opera and Music Theatre Lab
September 1995 International Opera and Music Theatre Lab
September 1996 International Opera and Music Theatre Lab
August 1997 International Opera and Music Theatre Lab
September 1998 International Opera and Music Theatre Lab
August 1999 International Opera and Music Theatre Lab
1991 Opera and New Music Theatre Lab
Lab Director
Michael Finnissey
Lab Mentors
Lucy Bailey - director
John Birtwhistle - writer
Nicholas Kok - conductor
Lab Participants
April de Angelis - writer
Omar Ebrahim - baritone
Julian Grant - composer
Antony Hasler - writer
Jackie Horner - mezzo-soprano
Andrew Lovett - composer
Olusola Oyeleye - writer
Caroline Pope - choreographer
John Ramm - actor
Jackie Singer - Lab runner
Jackie Skarvellis - writer
Luke Stoneham - composer
Nick Till - writer
Angela Tusntall - soprano
Sohrab Uduman - composer
Errollyn Wallen - composer
Henry Ward - repetiteur
Andrew Watts - counter-tenor
Paul Wilson - tenor
Guest speakers
Tom Cairns - designer
Orlando Gough - composer
Nicholas Hytner - theatre and opera director
John Lunn - composer
Peter Maniura - television director
Dennis Marks - Head of Music, BBC
Anthony Minghella - writer
David Pountney - Director of Productions, English National Opera
Judith Weir - composer
Lab sponsors
Baring Foundation
BBC
English National Opera
Gulbenkian Foundation
James Lee
John S Cohen Foundation
John Wates Charitable Foundation
South East Arts
TSB
TVS Trust
Waterstones Booksellers
Wates Foundation
September 1993 International Opera
and Music Theatre Lab
Lab director
Robert Saxton
Lab mentors
Jason Carr - composer/ librettist
David Gale - librettist
Deborah Levy - librettist
Kfir Yefet - director
Lab participants
Julian Allwood - Lab runner
Biyi Bandele-Thomas - librettist
David Benedictus - librettist
Tony Corner - designer
Sigune Hamann - designer
Philip Headlam - repetiteur
Keeley Hodgeson - composer
Julian Johnson - composer
Fiona Kimm - singer
Mary King - singer
Ross Lorraine - composer
Lyndon Morgans - librettist
Jane Manning OBE - singer
Cindy Oswin - librettist
Julia Richter - repetiteur
Paul Robinson - singer
Rhian Samuel - composer
Alessandro Timossi - composer
Paul Wilson - singer
Robert Young - librettist
Guest speakers
Elijah Moshinsky - director
Jeremy Isaacs - General Director, Royal Opera House
Teresa Cahill - singer
Sir John Tooley - former General Director, Royal Opera House
Ian Ritchie - General Director, Opera North
James Rushton - MD, Chester Music
Nicholas Payne - Director of Opera, Royal Opera House
David Drew - CD producer
Prof David Blake - Professor of Music, York University
Lab sponsors
Arts Foundation
ITA
Mackintosh Foundation
Marks & Spencer
Mercers' Company
Millichope
South East Arts
Wates Foundation
September 1994 International Opera
and Music Theatre Lab
Lab director
Robert Saxton
Lab mentors
David Harsent - writer
Stephen Langridge - director
David Blake - composer
Kenneth Tharp - choreographer
Jane Manning OBE - singer
Lab participants
Thomas Adès - composer
Sue Anderson - singer
Matthew Andrews - Lab runner
Claire Bain - video crew
Tracey Chadwell - singer
Helen Crayford - repetiteur
Nick Drake - librettist
Matthew King - composer
Miele Martyr - video crew
Jane Mielniczek - composer
Ruth Padel - librettist
Don Patterson - librettist
Alan Plater - librettist
Julia Richter - repetiteur
Paul Robinson - singer
Pål Rullestad - singer
Guest speakers
Sir John Tooley - Former General Director, Royal Opera House
Sir Harrison Birtwistle - composer
Michael White - music critic
Visitors
Mary Allen - Secretary General, Arts Council England
Nick Allott - Cameron Macintosh Foundation
Alan Brownjohn - writer
John Cox
Maura Dooley - PAL
Manik Govindra - Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Colin Graham
Ian Horsbrough - Guildhall School of Music
Kathryn McDowell - Arts Council England, Music Department
Avril McRory - BBC
Rodney Milnes - Opera magazine
Alisdair Niven - Arts Council England, Literature Department
Peter Renshaw - Guildhall School of Music
Maggie Semple - Arts Council England, Education Department
Jo Shapcott - poet
Rachel Shaw - PAL
Graham Sheffield - South Bank Centre
Pru Skene - Arts Foundation/Arts Council
Helen Sprott - Channel 4
Anthony Thornycroft - Financial Times
Micheline Wandour - writer
Carol Winter - PAL
Robin Woodhead
Lab Sponsors
Arts Council Music Department
Britten-Pears Foundation
Marks & Spencer
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Sport and Arts Foundation
Stephen Oliver
September 1995 International Opera
and Music Theatre Lab
Lab director
Robert Saxton
Lab mentors
David Gale - writer
Stephen Langridge - director
Jane Manning OBE - singer
Kenneth Tharp - choreographer
Lab participants
Matthew Andrews - Lab runner
Alistair Bamford - singer
Alan Brownjohn - librettist
Tracey Chadwell - singer
John Cooney - composer
Ian Davidson - video crew
Ruth Fainlight - librettist
Deirdre Gribbin - composer
Edward Hardy - composer/lyricist
Carolyn Jarvis - video crew
Stephen Plaice - librettist
Guy Pratt - composer
Julia Richter - repetiteur
Jez Rowland - video crew
Pål Rullestad - singer
David Sawer - composer
Dimitri Smirnov - composer
Hilary Summers - singer
Carl Thomas - video crew
Hilda Paredes - composer
Henry Ward - repetiteur
Guest speakers
John Abulafia - Artistic Director, Mecklenburg Opera
Martin Butler - composer
Sarah Hickson - English National Opera's Contemporary Opera Studio
Annabel Lord - agent, MLR
Stephen Pruslin - writer
Michael White - music critic
Visitors
Mark Dornford-May - Broomhill Opera
Cathy Graham - Executive Director, Society of the Promotion of New Music
Jonathan Reekie - Almeida Theatre
Kate Tearle - Glyndebourne
David Parry - Almeida Theatre
Lab Sponsors
Arts Council England, Music Department
Arts Council England, Education Department
Britten-Pears Foundation
Mackintosh Foundation
Wates Foundation
September 1996 International Opera
and Music Theatre Lab
Lab director
Robert Saxton
Lab mentors
David Gale - writer
Stephen Langridge - director
Jane Manning OBE - singer
Kenneth Tharp - choreographer
Lab participants
Rukhsana Ahmed - librettist
Matthew Andrews - Lab runner
Marcia Bellamy - singer
Michael Bennett - singer
Iain Duhig - writer
Clare Estelle - video crew
Jennie Fontana - librettist
Joy Goodman - Lab co-ordinator
Adam Gorb - composer
Julia Gomelskaya - composer
Mike Henry - singer
David Horne - composer
Simon Kent - repetiteur
Stephen Knight - librettist
David Knotts - composer
Jozik Koc - singer
Ben Lambert - video crew
Katherine Norman - composer
Lynne Plowman - composer
Joanne Postlewaite - video crew
Julia Richter - repetiteur
Peter Selwyn - conductor
Anne Sheridan - singer
Barry Simner - librettist
Lala Thorpe - Lab co-ordinator
Kevin White - video crew
Guest speakers
Russell Hoban - writer
Michael White - music critic
Visitors
Michael Barclay
Elise Beckett Smith - PAL Trustee
John Faulkner - PAL Trustee
Joyce Hytner - PAL Trustee
Edward Knighton - PAL Trustee
James Lee - PAL Trustee
George Loudon - PAL Trustee
Sally Sampson - PAL Trustee
Louisa Service - PAL Trustee
Elise Smith
Sir John Tooley - PAL Trustee
Sarah Walker
John Wates - PAL Trustee
Natalie Wheen - Critic and broadcaster
Lab sponsors
Arts Council England
Jerwood Foundation
South East Arts
Sport and Arts Foundation
August 1997 International Opera
and Music Theatre Lab
Lab director
Robert Saxton
Lab mentors
Annabel Arden - director
Ruth Fainlight - poet/librettist
Jane Manning OBE - singer
Kenneth Tharp - choreographer
Lab participants
Matthew Andrews - Lab runner
Chris Austin - conductor
Gary Carpenter - composer
Matthew Dadley - video crew
Menna Elfyn - librettist
Paul Gladstone - video crew
Sophie Grimmer - singer
Atar Hadari - librettist
Tobias Hill - librettist
Aaron Kernis - composer
Josik Koc - singer
Rachel Leach - composer
Loré Lixenberg - singer
Wiiliam Mullen - video crew
Grainne Mulvey - composer
Sarah Nicolls - repetiteur
Julia Richter - repetiteur
Grzegorz Rozycki - singer
Pål Rullestad - singer
Eva Salzman - librettist
Vladislav Shoot - composer
Nick Warner - video crew
Guest speaker
Michael White - music critic
Lab sponsors
Jerwood Foundation
Foundation for Sport and the Arts
South East Arts
Anon Foundation
Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Vivien Duffield Foundation
Arts Council England, Literature Department
Britten Pears Foundation
September 1998 International Opera
and Music Theatre Lab
Lab director
Robert Saxton
Lab mentors
Ruth Fainlight - poet/librettist
Jane Manning OBE - singer
Kenneth Tharp - choreographer
Lab participants
Matthew Andrews - Lab runner
Helen Astrid - singer
Christopher Austin - conductor
Tansy Davies - composer
Mike Henry - singer
Selima Hill - librettist
Scott Johnson - composer
Jozic Koc - singer
Hannah Kodicek - librettist
Loré Lixenberg - singer
Simon Nicholson - librettist
Julia Richter - repetiteur
Pål Rullestad - singer
Dominic Saunders - repetiteur
David Simpatico - librettist
Bent Sørensen - composer
Jane Taylor - librettist
Lala Thorpe - Lab co-ordinator
Will Todd - composer
Sophie Viney - composer
Guest performer
Melanie Pappenheim - singer
Visitors
Graham Allum - Kent Opera
Jeremy Barlow - Music Director, London Contemporary Dance School
Robin Berrington - Cultural Attache US Information Service
John Dabner - Music Officer, South East Arts
Patrick Dickie - Associate Director, Almeida Opera
Susanna Eastburn - Chester Music
David Jones - SERIOUS International Music Producers
Michael Rafferty - Music Theatre Wales
Prudence Skene - Chair, Lottery Panel
Sarah Walker - Kent Opera
Phil Ward - Arts Council England, Music Department
Claire Whitaker - SERIOUS International Music Producers
Lab sponsors
Jerwood Foundation
Arts Council England
Britten Pears Foundation
Anon Foundation
Martin Smith Foundation
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Elias Kulukundis
The Mercers' Company
Sandra Charitable Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
August 1999 International Opera
and Music Theatre Lab
Lab director
Robert Saxton
Lab mentors
Ruth Fainlight - poet & librettist
Amanda Knott - director
Jane Manning OBE - singer
Kenneth Tharp - choreographer
Lab participants
Matthew Andrews - Lab runner
Helen Astrid - singer
Christopher Austin - conductor
Jane Buckler - writer
Diana Burrell - composer
Ruth Byrchmore - composer
Nicholas Clapton - singer
Morgan Hayes - composer
Mike Henry - composer
Jozik Koc - singer
James Legg - composer
Liliane Lijn - writer
Loré Lixenberg - singer
Gavin MacFadyen - writer/filmmaker
Simon Rae - writer
Julia Richter - repetiteur
Anne Rouse - writer
Pål Rullestad - singer
Dominic Saunders - repetiteur
Guest speakers
Elaine Kidd -producer/director
Michael White - music critic
Visitors
Jeremy Barlow - Music Director, London Contemporary Dance School
Cathy Bereznicki - Education Manager, NESTA
Edward Birch - Education Officer, Arts Council/Education & Training Dept
Helen Bishop-Stephens - Administrator, English National Opera Studio
Prof & Mrs Eric Bolton CBE
Henrietta Brougham - United Music Publishers
Patrick Dickie - Associate Director, Almeida Opera
Susan Dolton - Awards & Trusts, Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Martin Freeth - Deputy Chief Executive, NESTA
Hilary Hodgson - PAL Trustee; Programme Manager New Opportunities Fund
Nicholas Payne - General Director, English National Opera
Sir John Tooley - Former General Director, Royal Opera House and PAL Trustee
Genista Mackintosh - Royal National Theatre
Lab sponsors
Arts Council England
Britten Pears Foundation
Anon Foundation
Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Elias Kulukundis
Garfield Weston Foundation
Foundation for Sport and the Arts
