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Birmingham Opera Company's production of Mittwoch aus Licht / Wednesday from Light won the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Opera and Music Theatre in last night's ceremony. Graham Vick's production was described by the judges as "bold in imagination and brilliant in accomplishment, both hallmarks of this company's approach to reinventing opera for today". Speaking on film (Graham's currently working in Tokyo), he talks of smiling when thinking of last summer - the summer of Mittwoch and the 2012 Festival. There were many challenges - 4 helicopters and camels amongst them - but Stockhausen's genius brought it all together in a spirit of collaboration - the very theme of Mittwoch aus Licht.
Here's some quick highlights from the opera and some of the press comment on the award.
Guardian article Birmingham Post article
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Birmingham Opera Company's production of Stockhausen's Mittwoch aus Licht has been shortlisted for two top awards. On BBC Radio 3's In Tune programme today it was announed we've been shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Awards in the Opera and Music Theatre category! Graham Vick's production of Mittwoch has also been shortlisted in the World Premiere category of the new International Opera Awards.
The world premiere of Mittwoch aus Licht happened in August 2012 as part of the London 2012 Festival.
Big thanks to LOCOG, Arts Council England, Birmingham City Council, Stockhausen Stiftung, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, Peter Moores Foundation and The Wednesday Club.
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The opera world is assembled in Vienna this weekend and Graham Vick is giving a keynote speech on opera's role in citizenship. To illustrate his talk here's a short compilation from this summer's production of Stockhausen's Mittwoch asu Licht.
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