Tim HopkinsDirector / Film Maker / Designer |
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| 2011 | |
| La Voix Humaine | Operosa, Bulgaria |
| Aurora Orchestra/Collon | LSO St Luke's EC1 |
| 'The instrumental players walked
about slowly, deadpan, to positions assigned them by the director Tim Hopkins. Hymn
numbers were displayed, leading us to words gouged out and (mis)appropriated into spectral messages. Catherine Hopper sang Schubert’s Gretchen am Spinnrade beautifully, knife in hand, and ended up waltzing with Straub to Sibelius’s dark Valse triste. This will doubtless sound both absurd and pretentious in the telling; but I assure you it was neither. I was gripped from start to finish...performed to exquisite perfection.' The Times |
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| Transformation | Birmingham Contemporary Music Group |
| 2010 | |
| The Lost Chord Writer & Director |
Opera North Projects |
| '..the creation of atmosphere through word, image and music was potently and beautifully wrought..' Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph | |
| 2009 | |
| The Mask of Orpheus, BBC Proms | BBC Proms 2009 |
| '...while we wait for a long-overdue new production of his great opera The Mask of Orpheus (premiered in 1986), the Proms has boldly presented a semi-staging of its central act. This focuses on Orpheus' journey to the Underworld to retrieve Euridice, except that this time he never gets there. It's all a dream - with some of Birtwistle's most sensuously lyrical and light-dappled music turning to a nightmare of rhythmic distortion, layering, and electronic sampling - and with a strangely potent awakening. Thanks to the superb playing of the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins, the skilful sound design of Ian Dearden and thoughtful stage direction by Tim Hopkins - including a glittering of hand mirrors - this was unforgettable.' The Guardian, Andrew Clements | |
| La Voix Humaine | Operosa Foundation, Varna, Bulgaria |
| Seraglio |
Opera North Direction and Design |
| Let 'Em Eat Cake | Opera North Scenic Design; Dir. Caroline Gawn Costume Design: Gabrielle Dalton |
| 'The show looks good, ... with Tim Hopkins' cooky American set decorated by Gabrielle Dalton's svelte period costumes.' Lynne Walker, The Independent |
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| 2008 | |
| Tales of Hoffman | Mid Wales Opera |
'A ... enthusiastic welcome for Tim Hopkins's sharply imaginative, vivid and witty production of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann....... this is a hugely enjoyable staging, alive to all the ambiguities and resonances of a weird, flawed masterpiece.' Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph |
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Of Thee I Sing |
Opera North Scenic Design; Dir. Caroline Gawn Costume Design: Gabrielle Dalton |
| 1987 to 2007 | |
| Owen Wingrave | Royal Opera House Costume Design: Gideon Davey |
"The director and set and film designer Tim Hopkins has lavished tremendous energy and imagination on the staging"...."always striking, always thoughtful." |
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| The Elephant & Castle | Direction, co-author,co-film maker, music by Tansy Davies, Mira Calix, words by Blake Morrison. A site specific opera putting urban landscapes in a rural setting. Aldeburgh Music Designer: Pippa Nissen |
| 'Observing that there was a progressive social vision behind both projects, even though one has proved a lasting success and the other a catastrophe, Hopkins set out to co-ordinate a cross-genre work that would address the assumptions behind those contrasts. It was an ambitious venture and precisely the sort of thing an institution such as Aldeburgh should be doing to breathe new life into the form...an adventurous and impressive use of multiple resources that gave one much to ponder on.' Barry Millington, Opera |
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| The Lost Chord | Direction, visual art. Original performance piece and permanent installation for English Heritage's Picture House exhibition until September 2007. Belsay Hall, Northumberland |
| A to Z | Film and staging for Birmingham Contemporaray Music Group concert of music by Xenakis, Messaien, Barry, Zappa, Davies, Andriessen, Woolrich. |
Mozart Lovers |
Four short opera films for Channel 4. |
| Where Next? | Introduction to music for a Young Audience The Sage, Gateshead. Staged and with Video With new music composed by John Woolrich |
| 2002-5 NESTA Fellowship exploring new technology and lyric theatre | |
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The Rake's Progress |
Staatsoper Hannover |
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Mare Nostrum |
Theater Basel |
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Kantan, Damask Drum |
Aldeburgh Festival, Almeida Opera/Alternative Lyrique
- British Premiere |
| Only the Names Have Been Changed Parts 1 and 2 |
Munich Festival Direction and performance - Haman/Ridout/Hopkins |
| A combination of projected Docufiction photography and live performance, set in the violent political climate of Italy in the 1970s. | |
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The Forest Murmurs |
Opera North |
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Eugene Onegin By Tchaikovsky |
Theater Basel |
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Radamisto by Handel |
Opera North |
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A-Ronne by Luciano Berio |
Almeida Opera |
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Zwei Acte, Con Voci, Presentation |
Almeida Opera |
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The Golden Cockerell |
The Royal Opera House |
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Maria Stuarda |
Theatre Basel |
| Only the Names Have Been Changed, Part One | Battersea Arts Centre |
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National Opera Studio/ENO Contemporary Opera Studio Workshops |
ENO Works |
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Annual work with students from the Opera studio, staging a wide variety of repertoire, including Henze, Ligeti, Adams, Maxwell-Davies, Weir, Tippett, Dove |
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Il Trovatore |
Graz Opera, Austria |
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Iphigenie en Aulide |
Opera North |
Liederkreis |
Video |
Experimental video treatments of Lieder performance, conceived by Theatre Design students at Central St. Martin's School. Sung by Richard Jackson |
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Cosi fan Tutte |
Welsh National Opera |
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The Golden Cockerell |
Rome Opera |
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The Yeoman of the Guard |
Welsh National Opera/Glimmerglass, USA |
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Blond Eckbert |
ENO |
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World Premiere of Judith Weir's opera based on Ludwig-Tieck's short story. |
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La Vera Storia |
Royal Festival Hall |
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Zampa a 19th Century Opera Comique |
Wexford Festival, Eire |
Fast and Dirty |
Commissioned by Second Stride |
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Mario and the Magician |
Almeida/ENO |
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Falstaff |
English Touring Opera |
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Cosi fan Tutte |
Welsh National Opera |
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Soundbites - five short operas |
ENO at the Almeida |
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The Gondoliers |
New D'Oyle Carte Opera Company |
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Carmen |
Opera North |
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L'Oca del Cairo |
Musica Nell Chiostro, Batignano |
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Peter Grimes |
DGOS, Dublin. Irish Premiere |
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L'ajo nelIimbarazzo |
Musica Nell Chiostro, Batignano |
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Hastings Spring |
Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Education department |
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Lo Schiavo di Sua Moglie |
Musica Nell Chiostro, Batignano |
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The Jar |
Arena Company, The Sherman Theatre Cardiff |
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