Luca Francesconi’s Quartett to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 5 July 2014 at 10pm
30 June 2014
Leigh Melrose and Kristin Chávez's fiendishly complex vocal performance is accompanied by the London Sinfonietta.
Operageddon: Musings on the end of the world
24 June 2014
Opera has always flirted with catastrophic events. We look at how opera composers and directors have faced the apocalypse.
Your reaction: Quartett
19 June 2014
What did you think of John Fulljames's production of Luca Francesconi's post-apocalyptic opera?
Antonio Pappano on Quartett: ‘Written on Skin is a good reference for the beauty and harrowing intensity of Luca’s music’
17 June 2014
Royal Opera House Music Director on why Luca Francesconi’s opera is not to be missed.
Quartett: Terrorism and protest in the last days of the Soviet Union
12 June 2014
Forget white wigs and beauty spots – Heiner Müller’s version of Dangerous Liaisons goes to a very different world.
The Feeling’s Mutual: Why classical and electronic music aren’t the polar opposites you might expect
27 May 2014
Luca Francesconi's opera Quartett follows in the footsteps of Björk, Max Richter and Aphex Twin.
Watch: Luca Francesconi and John Fulljames on post-apocalyptic opera Quartett
18 March 2014
UK premiere of acclaimed opera, based on Heiner Müller's vision of Les Liaisons dangereuses.