In Book of Premonitions, a new team of educators and professional artists, led by Luke Deane and Christine Cornwell are undertaking research into experimental opera-making within an educational setting. This is together with IVKO high school in Amsterdam.

The project follows a trajectory of previous ground-breaking opera productions created by Christine and Luke. The goal is to envisage new perspectives on the future, and to collect these thoughts into a multi-layered physical book. After the book is realized, the artistic team will read/interpret this publication as the “score” for a new opera.

The team:
Luke Deane - artistic director, workshop leader | composer, opera director
Christine Cornwell - artistic director, workshop leader | performer, violin, voice
Laura Nygren - creative producer (education/publication) | performer, double-bass, voice
Arjan Gebraad - workshop leader | physical performer, dramaturg
Werner van der Zwan - workshop leader | instrument builder, scenographer
Lotte Pierik - workshop leader | performer, actress, voice

Most of the team are dutch fluent, working in an international context, and all of whom have a passion for education and who share a contemporary idea of experimentation, inclusivity and education in a performance context.

Performance dates coming soon!

This project is made possible by Stichting Rizoom.