Philip Venables

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We Are The Lucky Ones at Ruhrtriennale 2025

5 May 2025

The programme for the 2025 Ruhrtriennale has been announced. We Are The Lucky Ones will feature in the festival, which will be the opera’s German premiere. The production by Ted Huffman is playing there in the wonderful Jahrhunderthalle for four…

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We Are The Lucky Ones at Tiroler Festspiele

5 May 2025

The 2025/26 season at the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl, Austria, has been announced. We Are The Lucky Ones will feature in the festival, which will be the opera’s Austrian premiere. The production by Ted Huffman is playing there for two…

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5-star reviews for We Are The Lucky Ones

19 March 2025

Here is a selection of press quotes from the premiere production of We Are The Lucky Ones, March 2025 (some machine translated): Critic’s Pick: ‘We Are the Lucky Ones’ gives voice to a generation. This new opera assembles a compassionate,…

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We Are The Lucky Ones production images

18 March 2025

We Are The Lucky Ones premiered at Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, on 14th March 2025. Here are some production shots, credit: Dutch National opera | Koen Broos. Libretto: Nina Segal, Ted HuffmanConductor: Bassem AkikiDirection: Ted HuffmanAssistant directors: Sonoko…

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Preview articles about We Are The Lucky Ones

12 March 2025

Here are links to three in-depth previews of We Are The Lucky Ones, published in the Dutch press. (excerpts machine translated.) NRCThe stories of dozens of people born in the 1940s make up the new opera ‘We Are The Lucky…

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New opera announced: We Are The Lucky Ones

20 March 2024

I’m delighted to announce our next opera, We Are The Lucky Ones. The opera is commissioned by Dutch National Opera, and it will premiere at the Opera Forward Festival in Amsterdam on 14th March 2025. I am writing it with…

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