Philip Venables and Ted Huffman are steadily building up an operatic oeuvre that stands out for its diversity of new forms and stories. Now, in an exciting collaboration with playwright Nina Segal, they are working on their biggest project yet: We Are The Lucky Ones, an opera based on interviews with people born between 1940 and 1949. Interview Philip Venables, Nina Segal and Ted Huffman on We Are The Lucky Ones Nina Segal Playwright Nina Segal made her debut in 2016 with In the Night Time (Before the Sun Rises) for the Gate Theatre. Since then, several plays have followed, including Big Guns, O, Island! and Shooting Hedda Gabler. Philip Venables Philip Venables is “a composer of ferocious dramatic instincts” (Alex Ross in The New Yorker) and “one of the finest composers around” (The Guardian). He has composed three operas, all of them in collaboration with Ted Huffman: 4.48 Psychosis, Denis & Katya and The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions. Photo: Oliver Rosser Photo: Monica de Alwis 48 Opera
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