Edward Lambert
composing for concert & stage
Edward Lambert has created instrumental, choral and community works as well as 22 chamber operas of various shapes and sizes.
- "A fascinating take... packed full with stunning music... fusing a traditionally dynamic Bel Canto score without feeling the least bit dated." (Broadway World)
- "...seamlessly transitions between sombre, vengeance-laden moments, and tenderly poignant love sequences, offering a tightly woven score that sustains its allure throughout... " (The Wildean, July 2024)
- "...felt sumptuously melodic, as well as busily fresh, with strong, intensely written passages building to moments of euphoric surprise." (operissima)
- "...approachable, but contemporary musical style..." (Planet Hugill)
- "...intriguingly offered elements of bel canto vocal writing to vie with a more ‘modern’ idiom..." (boulezian)
- "...a score whose eroticism was often visceral." (The Guardian)
- "...became increasingly disturbing, and confirmed Lambert's effective text-setting." (Opera Today)
- "...is always strongly directional and full of emotion..." (Newbury Weekly News)
- "...strikingly imagined..." (The Times)
- "...inventively-textured and syntactically original music..." (Daily Telegraph)
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Erwachen
dramatic cantata / chamber opera
text: August Stramm (1874-1915)
in German
for soloists, choir & small orchestra (or ensemble)
45 minutes
dramatic cantata / chamber opera
text: August Stramm (1874-1915)
in German
for soloists, choir & small orchestra (or ensemble)
45 minutes
Twelfth Night
(or You Know What)
a comic opera
adapted from Shakespeare's play
cast of 9
small instrumental ensemble
2 hours (+ interval)
(or You Know What)
a comic opera
adapted from Shakespeare's play
cast of 9
small instrumental ensemble
2 hours (+ interval)
Piano Sonata
2026 18'
3 movements
2026 18'
3 movements
Six Characters in Search of a Stage
at the Natalya Sats Theatre, Moscow
at the Natalya Sats Theatre, Moscow
Recent works:
At the Hawk's Well
2024
Chamber opera or dramatic cantata
Buster's Trip
2021
Mini opera
Requiem Antiqua
2024
Voices & organ
The Last Siren
2023
Chamber opera
The Cockpit & UWL
The Burning Question
2022
Chamber opera
The Cockpit, London, Sept 2022
King's Head Theatre, Feb 2023
Masque of Vengeance
2022
Chamber opera
The Cockpit, London, Nov 2023
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
In Five Years' Time
2021
Chamber opera (Lorca)
The Space, London 2026
Swellfellow the Tyrant
2022
Choral chamber opera
(Shelley)
Apollo's Mission
2019
Chamber opera
The Place, London, Aug 2019
Piano Concerto
2021
Piano & strings
Harp Concerto
2021
Harp & strings
The Duchess of Padua
2020
Chamber opera (Oscar Wilde)
The Space, London
& other venues 2024
Last Party on Earth
2020
opera movie
Brighter than the Sun
2019
carols & medieval drama
for soloists & choir
Newbury, Dec 2019
The Cloak & Dagger Affair
2018
Chamber opera (Lorca)
RADA, London, Aug 2018
The Butterfly's Spell
2017
Chamber opera (Lorca)
Aspects of Work
2016
Piano duet
Manchester Oct 2017
The Visit to the Sepulchre
2017
Choral cantata on plainsong
Newbury, 2017
The Art of Venus
2016
Chamber opera
RADA, London, 2017
Yin and Yang Cantata
2016
Vocal & strings
Newbury, April 2016
An Opera of Daniel
2015
Folk opera on plainsong
Newbury & Brighton, 2015
Mexico City, 2017 & 2019
Opera With A Title
2015
Chamber opera
King's Place, 2015
The Catfish Conundrum
2014
Chamber opera
King's Place, 2014
six characters
in search of a stage
2013
Chamber opera
London & Brighton 2014
