Richard is the creator of Kombat Opera, a live performance ensemble responsible for the critically acclaimed Tourettes Diva show, which has performed in the USA, Australia and Europe. Richard's new musical Cattle Call, in collaboration with Javier de Frutos, opened in 2008. He is currently developing an opera based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith in conjunction the Royal Opera House and in collaboration with Mark-Anthony Turnage. "The concept is brilliantly simple...
The collision of low sentiment and high culture creates a tidal wave
of
comic energy... It's opera but not as we know it... I
had that rare tingling feeling that I was witnessing something about
to fly. The singing and director are excellent. The music, composed
by Richard Thomas, makes sly nods at everyone from Mozart to Sondheim,
while holding its own as an original composition, and the libretto
embraces every modern malaise going." |
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