ZATOPEK! Emily Howard (music) Selma Dimitrijevic (libretto) (photo Mark McNulty)
Zátopek!
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool and Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
June and July 2012
a tremendous opera – The Review Show, BBC2
4* – The Guardian
unreservedly entertaining – 8/10 The Liverpool Echo
The Knife’s Tears
Reduta, Brno and Divadlo DISK, Prague (CZ) October 2010
superb – Josef Herman, Divadlní Noviny
lively and imaginative – Boris Klepal, Zápisník Zmizelého
The performance of the British guests was excellent – Helena Havlíková, Opera Plus
Scenes from The Three Wishes (or the Inconstancy of Life)
Riverside Studios, July 2010
The brilliant Second Movement – Warwick Thompson, Metro (preview)
I can’t wait to see more – David Nice, The Arts Desk
I look forward to a full production of this opera, a highlight of Second Movement’s future plans – Nicola Benson, Opera Now
THE THREE WISHES OR THE INCONSTANCY OF LIFE Bohuslav Martinů (composer) and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (libretto)
American Triple Bill: A Hand of Bridge/Fade/Trouble in Tahiti
Hoxton Hall October 2008
I sometimes think of opera in London as a huge ocean liner: the Royal Opera House is like the first-class dining room, luxurious and solid: English National Opera houses the servants quarters, sometimes a fun place to be but more often disagreeable; and Second Movement is the engine room, the place which constantly generates excitement, heat and the roar of creation. – Warwick Thompson, Metro
the DNA of something special in the making – Michael White, Opera Now
An Opera Triple Bill: Rothschild’s Violin/The Knifes Tears/ The Two Blind Men
Covent Garden Film Studios May 2007
stunning – Michael Tanner, The Spectator
stunning… ingenious programming – Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday
all glory to Second Movement for their thrust and ambition – Geoff Brown, The Times
this is the sort of semi-guerilla ad-hocism that London opera needs – Nick Kimberley, Evening Standard
An Opera Double Bill: The Medium / The Impresario
Covent Garden Film Studios January 2006
A cracking show… plucky Second Movement deserve a loud bravo – Warwick Thompson, Metro
Second Movement prove that some of the most interesting opera can be found on the fringe – Anna Picard, The Independent on Sunday
excellent – Michael Tanner, The Spectator
Trouble in Tahiti
Hoxton Hall June 2005
Second Movement is a group to watch – Anthony Holden, The Observer
an accomplished, dazzlingly well-sung production – Peter Reed, The Sunday Telegraph
