Notable engagements elsewhere: Madam Butterfly (adaptation for The Kings Head, 2017, originally for Raymond Gubbay and the RAH), Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice (Opera Theatre St Louis, 2018), Pascal Dusapin’s Passion (UK premiere, Music Theatre Wales, 2018) and Hans Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen (Munich, 2019). Her librettos include Bliss for Brett Dean (Opera Australia), and The Silver Tassie (ENO) for Mark-Anthony Turnage (Olivier Award, Outstanding Achievement in Opera, 2001). She is also founder-editor of the Viking/Penguin Opera Guides. The 2017 edition, The Opera Guide, 100 Popular Composers, is available online.