Executive Producer:

VOPERA: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges

available online from November 2020 on marquee.tv and on the London philharmonic Orchesrtra’s YouTube Channel.

Winner: the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Opera 2021.
Winner: the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Opera & Music Theatre 2021.

Ravel L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (reduced orchestration by Lee Reynolds)

Conductor Lee Reynolds
Director Rachael Hewer
Designer Leanne Vandenbussche
Movement Director Ryan Munroe
Editor & VFX Supervisor Jamie Hall
Associate Editor & VFX Editor Sasha Balmazi-Owen
Assistant Director Jaz Manville
Executive Producer Tamzin Aitken

In 2020 I was approached by Director, Rachael Hewer, to act as a Fundraising Consultant and Executive Producer on a filmed production of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. The production featured musicians from the London Philharmonic Orchestra and a cast of over 60 singers all recorded in lockdown isolation, using green-screen technology to bring the piece to life in post-production. Apart from at the orchestral recording sessions and those artists already living together, no two members of the company were ever in the same room together.

The production has been seen by over 12,000 online viewers and received rave reviews across the press. Audience response aside, I am perhaps most proud of the fact we were able to raise sufficient funds to ensure we could offer properly paid work to over 135 freelance artists, technicians and administrators, all of whom had lost work due to Covid cancellations and closures, alongside being able to offer everyone involved dedicated mental health support whenever needed.