SHahrazad

Cantata Dramatica / Opera Vera. Nina Brazier, director, Nicholas Pitts-Tucker, librettist​

A retelling of the last three of the Arabian Nights. Commissioned by Cantata Dramatica,

​THE SECRETARY TURNED CEO

A farcical new comic opera in English, based on Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona.

Lucid Arts and Music; 
Anna Gregory, director; Becca Marriott, librettist

"A treat of quality, four-ply comedy ...  it's ages since I laughed this much at an opera, let alone a Baroque opera" - Paul Kilbey, One Stop Arts * * * *

JUST SO

An adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, for a family audience.

Lucid Arts and Music and TARA Arts; Jatinder Verma, director, Farrukh Dhondy, librettist

"Pithy, witty and wryly entertaining" - Saleesh Ram, Eastern Eye

The open cage

A modern re-telling of the Icarus myth.
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Lucid Arts and Music; Riitta Hakkarainen, designer, Adam Donen and Adam Horovitz, librettists

DAS SCHLOSSGESPENST ​& der Geist von Canterville

A children's opera, commissioned by Musica Europa and performed in Marburg Castle in 2014.

Musica Europa; Kerstin Weiß, director, Enke Eisenberg, librettist

"The english composer Danyal Dhondy has created a world of sound which moves from expressive moments to catchy melodies, and is very atmospheric and sometimes a little bit spooky." - Heike Döhn, Oberhessische Presse (in German)