Frederic Wake-Walker grew up in Suffolk where he sang the treble roles in three Britten operas at Snape Maltings. He now lives in London and works as a freelance director. He has a Masters in Philosophy and Systematic Theology from Edinburgh University.
Recent directing includes three new commissions for Scottish Opera in FIVE:15‚ Little England: Scenes from a Small Island at La Monnaie‚ Brussels‚ Schoenberg’s Erwartung to open the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings‚ a new commission The Yellow Sofa‚ at Glyndebourne‚ Die Zauberflöte for Glyndebourne on Tour‚ the fiftieth anniversary performances of Noye’s Fludde by Britten at Orford Church (the venue of the first performance)‚ Hansel & Gretel for Opera North‚ Brundibar by Hans Krasa with Jubilee Opera‚ Birtwistle’s Secret Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music and Russian Tales with Mahogany Opera.
This season’s projects include The Little Sweep with Jubilee Opera in Aldeburgh‚ Laborintus 11 at LSO St Lukes with Mahagony Opera and Aurora‚ the premiere of Kaspar Hauser’s Child of Europe at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and‚ for the Jerwood Project at Glyndebourne‚ a double bill of Mavra and Renard.
Future projects include a revival of Tim Albery’s production of Kat’a Kabanova (Oviedo) and Albert Herring (RSAMD).
He formed Mahogany Opera in 2003 to create site specific work that explores innovative ways of presenting opera. With Mahogany he has directed and produced Russian Tales: The Fox by Stravinsky and The Bear by Walton at the Jubilee Hall‚ Aldeburgh and the Village Underground‚ Shoreditch‚ Britten’s Curlew River at St Mary’s Cathedral‚ Edinburgh which then toured to East Anglia and Southwark Cathedral‚ Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona and Not in Front of the Waiter by Offenbach at the Jubilee Hall‚ Aldeburgh and Walton’s The Bear at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This season’s project is Towards a New Movement‚ an exploration with multi-disciplined singers and dancers of Berio’s Laborintus II and Blacher’s Abstrakte Oper Nr. 1. www.mahoganyopera.org.uk
He has worked as assistant director at the Royal Opera House‚ Covent Garden‚ Glyndebourne Festival‚ Opera North‚ Los Angeles Opera‚ New York City Opera and Innsbrucker Festwochen der Altenmusik.
Download as Word 2007 Document
|