PRODUCTIONS

“Evenings like this are too good to miss…”

Opera Magazine

“…utterly riveting…”

Edinburgh Evening News

 

“…a boldly ingenious experiment.”

The Reviews Hub

“…ingeniously seductive…”

The Guardian


Ascanio in Alba

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Oper Frankfurt
Bockenheimer Depot
17th December 2023 – 3rd January 2024

Creative team
Conductor: Alden Gatt
Director: Nina Brazier
Designer: Christoph Fischer
Costume Designer: Henriette Hübschmann
Lighting Designer: Jonathan Pickles
Dramaturg: Deborah Einspieler

Cast
Venus: Kataryna Kasper
Ascanio: Cecelia Hall
Silvia: Karolina Bengtsson
Aceste: Andrew Kim
Fauno: Anna Nekhames
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester

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Acis & Galatea

“The curtain didn’t fall just once because the audience didn’t want to stop applauding” 

Bietigheimer Zeitung

Ludwigsburg Festival
Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg, Schlosstheater
8 July 2022

Creative team
Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann
Director: Nina Brazier

Cast
Galatea: Keri Fuge
Acis: Joshua Ellicott
Damon: Benedikt Kristjánsson
Polyphemus: Andreas Wolf
Chorus & Orchestra of the Gaechinger Cantorey


Der Mond

“…uses the tight space on the stage of the beautiful Beethovensaal for many entertaining moments under the direction of Nina Brazier” 

Stuttgarter Nachrichten

Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart
Stuttgart Liederhalle, Beethoven-Saal
6 March 2022

Creative team
Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann
Director: Nina Brazier
Consultant Dramaturg: Mareike Wink

Cast
Erzähler: Benjamin Bruns
Petrus / Ein Bauer: Krešimir Stražanac
1. Bursche: Dávid Csizmár
2. Bursche: Tobias Ay
3. Bursche: Christoph Pfaller
4. Bursche: Timo Hannig
Chorus of the Gaechinger Cantorey
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker


Ariadne auf Naxos

“…this no frills production is more enjoyable than the mildly surrealist Ariadne normally in the company’s repertoire.” 

Opera Canada

Oper Frankfurt
11–27 June 2021

Creative team
Conductor: Thomas Guggeis
Director: Nina Brazier
Dramaturg: Mareike Wink

Cast
Primadonna / Ariadne: Ambur Braid
Zerbinetta: Sarah Aristidou
Der Tenor / Bacchus: AJ Glueckert / Andreas Schager
Der Komponist: Diana Haller / Claudia Mahnke 
Najade: Florina Ilie
Dryade: Zanda Švēde
Echo: Angela Vallone
Harlekin / Ein Lakai: Mikołaj Trąbka
Scaramuccio / Ein Offizier: Theo Lebow
Truffaldin / Ein Perückenmacher: Kihwan Sim
Brighella: Michael Porter
Ein Tanzmeister: Michael McCown
Ein Musiklehrer: Sebastian Geyer
Der Haushofmeister: Peter Schröder


Dear Marie Stopes

 “…profoundly moving and sometimes heartbreaking.” 

Planet Hugill

Wellcome Collection / King’s Place London
August 2018 / September 2019

Creative team
Composer: Alex Mills
Librettist: Jennifer Thorpe
Director: Nina Brazier
Producer: Kate Romano
Lighting Designer and Video Projection: Lucía Sánchez Roldán
Costume Designer: Alexa Moore

Cast
Soprano: Alexa Mason
Contralto: Jess Dandy
Countertenor: Feargal Mostyn-Williams
Viola da Gamba: Liam Byrne
Cello: Lucy Railton (Wellcome) Clare O’Connell (Kings Place)


Le Nozze di Figaro

“Brazier’s production was characterized by an economy of gesture married to an unbridled sense of whimsical fun.” 

The Prickle

Berlin Opera Academy
Theater im Delphi, Berlin
12–13 July 2019

Creative team
Conductor: Peter Leonard
Director: Nina Brazier
Designer: Jeannie Chandler
Costume Designer: Alexa Moore

Cast
Figaro: Tormey Woods / Ignas Melnikas
Susanna: Elen Lloyd Roberts / Karen Schriesheim
La Contessa: Josi Ann Ellem / Alice Wielant
Il Conte: Edward Kyungduk Kim / Rui Ma
Cherubino: Sarah Fleiss / Sophie Kidwell
Bartolo: Miguel Maduro-Dias / Katagan Zhumagulov
Marcellina: Judith Ankoue / Katherine Wiswell
Basilio: Mikael Englund / Patrick Tsoi-A-Sue
Antonio: Carlos René García Santiago / Izaya Perrier
Orchestra: Berlin Opera Academy


East West Street

“East West Street told a compelling story deftly interwoven with poignant musical interludes.” 

Collage Adelaide, Australian Tour

Worldwide tour including: Southbank Centre London, 92nd St. Y New York, Alte Oper Frankfurt, MuTh Vienna, Melbourne Arts Centre
2014–2022

Creative team
Writer & Narrator: Philippe Sands
Director: Nina Brazier
Narrator: Katja Riemann
Guest Narrators: Natalie Dessay, Jasmin Tabatabai, Emma Pallant
Bass Baritone: Laurent Naouri
Pianist: Guillaume de Chassy
Guest Pianist: Emanuel Ax


Così fan Tutte

“…heartwarming…nimble…” 

The York Press

Ryedale Festival / Chiltern Arts Festival
July 2018 / February 2019

Creative team
Conductor: Eamonn Dougan
Director: Nina Brazier
Designer: Laura Jane Stanfield
Associate Director & Movement Director: Monica Nicolaides
Lighting Designer: Ben Pickersgill
English translation: John Warrack

Cast
Fiordiligi: Clare Tunney
Dorabella: Felicity Turner
Despina: Jessica Cale
Ferrando: Kieran Carrel
Guglielmo: Michael Vickers
Don Afonso: Bertie Watson


La Finta Giardiniera

“Nina Brazier’s production struck the right balance between external fun and internal feelings…” 

Opera Now

Ryedale Festival / Lammermuir Festival / Chiltern Arts Festival
July 2017 – February 2018

Creative team
Conductor: Eamonn Dougan
Director: Nina Brazier
Set & Costume Designer: Laura Jane Stanfield
Lighting Designer: Lizzie Gunby
English translation: John Warrack

Cast
Don Anchise: Robin Horgan
Marchesa Violante Honesti: Alice Privett
Count Belfiore: Kieran Carrell
Arminda: Clare Tunney
Don Ramiro: Anna Harvey
Serpetta: Jessica Cale
Roberto: Harry Thatcher
Orchestra: OAE Experience Ensemble


The Winter’s Tale

 “Director Nina Brazier’s edited version, cutting the action down to a single hour, compresses and consolidates the tragedy, producing a searingly intense treatment which tears at the heart.” 

Charlotte Valori, Operissima

Britten Pears/Cockpit Theatre/
Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival
December 2016 – August 2017

Creative team
Director: Nina Brazier
Composer: Kim Ashton
Designer: Sophie Mosberger
Lighting Designer: Damian Robertson
Producers: The Hermes Experiment

Cast
Leontes: William McGeough
Hermione: Sadie Parsons
Polixenes / First Gentleman: Finlay Cormack
Paulina: Louisa Hollway
Mamillius / Camillo / Antigonus / Officer / Second Gentleman: Christopher Adams
The Hermes Experiment:
Perdita / Soprano: Héloïse Werner
Harp: Anne Denholm
Double Bass: Marianne Schofield
Florizel / Clarinet: Oliver Pashley / Stephen Williams